Horizon Europe

ForthcomingBuyer or supplier accessUmbrella CallCall-level profileTopic screening required

Energy 2026

European Union / European Commission · Cluster 5 Climate, Energy and Mobility

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This is a call-level profile. Individual topic conditions, action types, funding rates, consortium rules and restrictions must be screened.

Opportunity snapshot

Collection: Horizon Europe
Source / programme: European Union / European Commission · Cluster 5 Climate, Energy and Mobility
Status: Forthcoming
Actionability: Buyer or supplier access
Record granularity: Umbrella Call
Verification date: 17 Jul 2026

What the opportunity supports

This profile covers the Horizon Europe call or topic “Energy 2026”. The official targeting includes: Strong for renewable fuels value chains, PV industry, energy-data and AI actors.

Thematic fit

Energy procurers and clean-energy consortia

Egypt eligibility and applicant role

Public buyers normally lead the action. Companies are most often technology suppliers or contractors, and only participate as beneficiaries where the topic explicitly permits.

Egyptian participation is subject to the live call, topic conditions, General Annexes and any strategic, security, ownership, control or establishment restrictions.

Best-fit applicants

Renewable fuels PCP, biofuel CHP, geothermal/deep reservoirs, PV applications, AI foundation-model data sharing for energy.

Renewable fuels PCP, biofuel CHP, geothermal/deep reservoirs, PV applications, AI foundation-model data sharing for energy

Funding and instrument

Funding scale: Indicative EUR 4.5-40m per project
Instrument: RIA generally 100%; IA generally 70% for for-profit entities; PCP grant rate generally 100% for beneficiaries, unless the topic states otherwise.
Scale basis: Indicative
Co-financing: Topic-specific - Funding rate and own contribution vary by action type and topic

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Access and co-financing

Topic-specific - Funding rate and own contribution vary by action type and topic

Buyer or supplier routeBuyer-led / supplier route

Submission timing

Openingtype=opening | stage=Opening | date=2026-08-04 | continuous=false | confirmed=true | estimated=false

Applicant positioning

Quantify energy, emissions and resource performance; secure asset owners and pilot sites; link technical validation to bankability, standards and post-project deployment.

Strategic fit and caveats

Public buyers lead the grant; suppliers generally compete later under procurement rules and cannot assume beneficiary status. This is a call-level profile; individual topic conditions must be screened before application.

Priority: High
Priority rationale: for aligned industrial partners
Verification confidence: High

Horizon classification

Programme family: Horizon Europe
Pillar / programme part: Pillar II · Cluster 5 Climate, Energy and Mobility
Call / topic ID: HORIZON-CL5-2026-11
Call year: 2026
Action type: RIA|IA|PCP
Record granularity: Umbrella Call

Egyptian private-sector role

Public buyers normally lead the action. Companies are most often technology suppliers or contractors, and only participate as beneficiaries where the topic explicitly permits.

Coordination eligibility: Public buyers or eligible procurers lead; companies normally participate as suppliers
Access family: Buyer or supplier route

Consortium and beneficiary conditions

Mono-beneficiary status: No
Consortium conditions: PCP buyer group for PCP; RIA/IA standard consortium

Funding and financial burden

Indicative project ticket: Indicative EUR 4.5-40m per project
Call budget: call budget EUR 131.5m
Expected awards: 14
Funding rate: RIA generally 100%; IA generally 70% for for-profit entities; PCP grant rate generally 100% for beneficiaries, unless the topic states otherwise.
Co-financing: Topic-specific - Funding rate and own contribution vary by action type and topic

TRL and maturity

TRL range: Not specified
Maturity: Demand-led procurement maturity; requires a defined unmet need and buyer pathway.

Restrictions and screening

Strategic restrictions: No special restriction identified at profile level
Security restrictions: No special restriction identified at profile level
Ownership / control restrictions: No special restriction identified at profile level
Establishment restrictions: No special restriction identified at profile level
Screening note: No special restriction identified at profile level; topic conditions, the General Annexes and live portal still control

Source and verification

Adopted Horizon Europe 2026-2027 work programme and official programme source; live Funding & Tenders Portal recheck required

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