Imagine a giant matchmaking service that connects energy experts from Europe and Africa to solve power problems. Instead of working alone, they pool their money and brains to fund the best new energy ideas. It's like a bridge that helps a great invention in one country get the funding and partners it needs to actually work in another.
Companies struggle to find reliable partners and funding when expanding sustainable energy technologies between Europe and Africa. Regulatory hurdles often block the actual deployment of these innovations.
A management guide and online platform for matchmaking and project design to coordinate energy research funding.
If you are a hydrogen infrastructure developer dealing with high entry barriers in African markets — this project developed a matchmaking and funding network that connects you with 15 countries' research and funding bodies to lower risk.
If you are a solar energy SME dealing with a lack of local partners for deployment — this project developed a guide for an online platform that helps you find the right technical partners and funding across the EU and Africa.
If you are a consultancy firm dealing with confusing regulatory hurdles in cross-border energy projects — this project developed a high-level dialogue channel with policymakers to identify and remove rules that block innovative solutions.
Based on available project data, specific pricing for solutions is not provided as this is a co-funding mechanism for other projects.
The project allows funding agencies to focus on their own priority TRL levels, meaning some funded projects may target industrial scale while others remain at a research level.
Based on available project data, the project focuses on the valorisation of results and dissemination, but specific licensing terms are not detailed.
The project runs from 2024-10-01 to 2030-09-30.
It uses high-level dialogue with policymakers and institutional actors to raise issues that hinder the deployment of innovative energy solutions.
The consortium is heavily weighted toward public and research entities, with 22 partners from 15 countries. Only 1 SME and 1 industry partner are listed, resulting in a very low industry ratio of 5%. This indicates the project is driven by funding agencies and research organizations rather than commercial enterprises.
Contact the Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) in France.
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