Power Up Net Zero Open Call

FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION SERVICES

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PowerUp NetZero OPEN CALL FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION SERVICES provides financial support for the planning phase of the Net-Zero Technology (Solar energy, Battery and energy storage, H2 technologies, Sustainable biogas and biomethane, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)) adoption, such as:

Technical and economic feasibility studies

Technology adoption roadmaps

Integration planning and basic engineering

Digital services for Net-Zero adoption

Circularity, sustainability, ESG or compliance support

Go-to-market and scaling support

The applying SME or start-up must present a quotation of its selected service provider to carry out the proposed service(s) and will not be able to change it during the project execution.

GUIDELINES TO APPLY

KEY DATES

Call opening date: 21-05-2026

Call deadline: 30-07-2026 at 17:00 (Brussels time)

The application form is available here.

Templates of the supporting documents to successfully complete an application can be downloaded here:

Supporting Documents templates.

WHO CAN APPLY?

Applications must be presented by SMEs or start-ups with at least one closed and validated financial year and registered in an EU Member State or a country participating in the Single Market Programme (SMP). 

WHAT ARE THE ACTIVITIES TO BE ADDRESSED WITHIN THE PROPOSAL? 

Funding will be provided to SMEs and start-ups for activities related to pre-investment services, such as:

Adoption and improvement of net-zero technologies and solutions

Business process innovation linked to the green and digital transition

Integration of digital solutions supporting net-zero deployment and efficiency

Market uptake of net-zero applications

Innovation development services.

Funded activities should support business process innovation linked to the uptake of new-to-firm technologies within existing operations, contributing to the green and digital transition, greater sustainability, resource efficiency and resilience, including through relevant digital solutions.

All activities must have linkages with at least one of the project’s 5 Net-Zero Technologies (Solar energy, Battery and energy storage, H2 technologies, Sustainable biogas/ biomethane, and Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)).

WHAT’S THE AVAILABLE BUDGET? 

PowerUp NetZero has destined 380.000,00 EUR for supporting business innovation and technology adoption services.

Each beneficiary of this call can receive from the project up to 20.000,00 EUR in the form of a lump-sum (thus, it is expected that at least 19 SMEs will receive financial support).

Beneficiaries must ensure a minimum co-funding rate of 20% of the total eligible budget of the supported activity, to be covered through private financial sources. Applicants should plan budgets in line with the co-funding rate applicable to the requested grant amount.

HOW LONG SHOULD THE ACTIVITY LAST? 

All services/activities financed by this call must have a duration of maximum 7 months starting from the signature of the contract. 

WHAT DO I NEED TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION?

All needed information is available at the Call Guidelines above.

The application form is available at the EUSurvey Platform. A word template is available as a guide of the application form, but it must not be considered an application.

While all supporting documents to successfully complete an application are found here: Supporting Documents.

Only one application per SME will be accepted under this specific call. If an entity submits more than one proposal, as a general rule, only the first proposal submitted will be considered eligible for evaluation.

Beneficiaries can participate to the different Open Calls of the project (Business Innovation Services and Technology Adoption Activities or Innovation Projects), but a single beneficiary cannot receive more than 60.000,00 EUR overall.

Q&A

For any inquiries, reach out to punzservices@mlcluster.com

The PowerUp NetZero Project is funded under Grant Agreement no. 101236733 – SMP-COSME-2024-CLUSTER Call for proposals.  

PROJECT PARTNERS

CO-FUNDED BY EUROPEAN UNION