EIC Transition Challenge: Process and system integration of clean energy technologies

EIC Transition funds innovation activities that go beyond the experimental proof of principle in laboratory. It supports both the maturation and validation of a novel technology from the lab to the relevant application environments (by making use of prototyping, formulation, models, user testing or other validation tests) as well as explorations and development of a sustainable business case and business model towards commercialisation.

This EIC Transition Challenge aims at maturing the proposed energy technology through its integration in a fully functioning energy system and the emerging of the ecosystem actors and value chain needed for the market uptake of the technology.

The expected outcomes of your proposal are:

• an energy generation/recovery/storage technology that can positively demonstrate a clearly defined use case, with clear indication and quantitative measurement of the investment costs, efficiency, dynamic performance, durability and sustainability versus established alternative technologies, and integration of the proposed technology at system/process level (both as component of a device or as part of existing system infrastructure);
• a credible business model for the deployment and use of the energy system in the relevant environment;
• an exploitation strategy including the formal IP protection of the novel results integrated in the energy system.