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Innovative energy services for sustainable energy
European Call for Proposals
The Call for Proposals EE-21-2015 “Development and market roll-out of innovative energy services and financial schemes for sustainable energy” has been published by the European Commission in the framework of the Horizon 2020 Programme.
The specific objective of the current EE-21-2015 “Development and market roll-out of innovative energy services and financial schemes for sustainable energy” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Horizon 2020 Programme, is to set a stable regulatory environment and to engage in dialogue with the key stakeholders to improve the legal and financial framework and to put in place innovative financing schemes.
In order to reach this specific objective, the current EE-21-2015 “Development and market roll-out of innovative energy services and financial schemes for sustainable energy” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Horizon 2020 Programme, aims at financing:
· proposals focusing on the roll-out of business models for innovative energy efficiency services (e.g. energy performance contracting), enabling to fully monetise the resulting energy savings;
· proposals replicating successful innovative financing solutions already implemented across the EU as well as successful innovative energy services. Particular attention should be given to innovative solutions enabling aggregation, securitisation, project bundling, risk sharing, structuring of clearing houses, or developing new investment mechanisms (e.g. crowd-funding for sustainable energy);
· proposals implementing large-scale capacity building for public authorities and SMEs to set-up or use innovative financing schemes for sustainable energy.
The expected impact of the EE-21-2015 “Development and market roll-out of innovative energy services and financial schemes for sustainable energy” call for proposals, published by the European Commission in the framework of the Horizon 2020 Programme, is represented by a significant impact in terms of larger investments made by stakeholders in sustainable energy; primary energy savings and/or generated renewable energy; better implementation of energy-efficiency policies; number of policy makers influenced; number of people with increased skills; and/or number of people changing their behavior.
The budget earmarked for the co-financing of the total call is €54,300,000.
The deadline for submitting proposals in the framework of the current EE-21-2015 “Development and market roll-out of innovative energy services and financial schemes for sustainable energy” call for proposals is 4 June 2015.
Further information on the current EE-21-2015 “Development and market roll-out of innovative energy services and financial schemes for sustainable energy” call for proposals is available on the European Commission’s web site at:
