EUROGIA2020 goal is to support and promote international partnerships developing innovative projects in low-carbon energy technologies. It is a bottom-up, industry driven, market oriented programme which addresses all areas of the energy mix, from renewable energy to efficiency, and reduction of carbon footprint of fossil fuels.
EUROGIA2020 is a cluster of the EUREKA network, a decentralized intergovernmental initiative started in 1985 to enhance European competitiveness by supporting businesses, research centers and universities that take part in trans-national projects.
It addresses all innovative energy technologies that will:
- Reduce the carbon footprint of energy production and use
- Develop new technologies for energy such as solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, energy efficiency, etc.
Projects' participants must be organizations from the EUREKA Member Countries.
As a consortium of partners, they submit a project proposal to EUROGIA2020 for technical evaluation.
General Rules:
- The consortium must comprise at least two industrial companies-Large, Small or Medium sized enterprises- from two different EUREKA member countries. The active participation of research institutes or universities is strongly encouraged when not made mandatory.
- EUROGIA2020 projects must clearly show technical innovation in the future product/process or service (either through using new devices or in the utilization of existing devices in a new application).
- The project must have a strong market and exploitation orientation.
- The contribution from any given country must not exceed 66% of the total budget. In parallel, the contribution from any one partner (affiliated organizations count as one partner) must not exceed 66% of the total budget either.