This grant funds projects that develop local or regional industrial CCUS clusters targeting hard-to-abate industries. Funded activities include planning retrofitting capture systems, demonstrating system components, assessing economic and technical transport options, developing business models, and addressing societal readiness to build trust and enable commercial deployment. Projects should involve substantial industrial participation and deliver strategies for scalability, commercialization, and funding.
Eligible applicants must comply with Horizon Europe general conditions including page limits, eligible countries, and restrictions on entities controlled by China. Participants must use Copernicus and/or Galileo/EGNOS data if using satellite-based earth observation. Financial and operational capacit
