New call on clean energy investments opens – 70 local governments to receive €60,000
The 5th Call for the European City Facility is open: 60.000 Eur for your sustainable energy projects. Find out more and apply before the 30 June 2023.
Illustration : LIFE EUCF Team
A total of 70 municipalities or local authorities, their groupings and local public entities aggregating municipalities / local authorities from across Europe will benefit from a new call launched by the European City Facility. The call offers €60,000 in lump-sum payments and hands-on support for local actors to develop investment concepts on clean energy and energy efficiency.
The call is funded by the European Union’s LIFE Programme and is open until 30 June (17:00 Brussels time). Applicants from the EU Member States, Ukraine and Iceland are eligible to apply.
This grant will allow beneficiaries to act on their needs related to developing investment concepts in support of their sustainable energy and climate plans.
Beneficiaries of previous calls have used the funding to conduct a wide variety of actions, including technical feasibility studies, market analyses, stakeholder planning, or legal, economic and financial analyses, but the specific action is up to the applicants, within the topical areas of clean energy or energy efficiency.
Application process
Applying for the funding is simple and requirements are similar to previous calls and ask for proven political support, potential investment size, feasible energy-related impacts, and plans for governance structure and stakeholder engagement.
The European City Facility has furthermore set up a National Support system covering almost all eligible countries with information sessions, hands-on guidance, and feedback in the national languages. 17 FEDARENE Members are involved in the EUCF National Support system. Find the full list here.
For the chosen beneficiaries the offer from the European City Facility goes beyond the funding, and includes capacity building, matchmaking offers and dedicated financing tools, all pushing a project idea one step closer to being matched with either private or public financing.
The deadline for applying is 17.00 CEST on 30th June 2023.
More information is available on www.eucityfacility.eu/calls
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