Please use the password 2020STRATWEEKWEB2 to watch the video.
This members-only webinar will go over the latest updates on the most important European funding opportunities covering the whole spectrum of technology development stages. What’s coming up, who’s eligible and all the important funding information you need to know!
Please use the password STRATWEEK2020WEB1 to watch the video.
This members-only webinar will feature practical tips to help catch the interest of the evaluator in your funding application. Learn how to highlight your successes and the best features of your project to make your company look more attractive – for both public and private funders.
Europe has been a pioneer in the development of ocean energy technologies. The vast majority of capacity is installed in Europe and most projects around the globe use European technology. However, the rest of the world is catching up, as Canada, the US and China develop their own markets and new domestic champions begin to emerge.
Now is the time to act to make the most of Europe’s first-mover advantage, both at home and abroad. This webinar aimed to concretely address this issue by providing useful examples and feedback to policy makers and other stakeholders.
ETIP Ocean also released its new Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda during this webinar.
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The European Commission just announced that it will create a new Strategy for Offshore Renewable Energy in 2020.
The Commission will set a development pathway for the sector up until 2050 and announce a series of concrete actions.
This is a great opportunity for the sector to raise its profile, excite national governments, and secure additional European support for the next 5 years.
Join us to hear about the new Strategy, and to share your views on how it can help propel ocean energy to industrial roll-out!
The European Commission’s DG MARE is organizing a free event for blue economy companies in Brussels. This is the opportunity to meet investors and get in touch with DG MARE officers working on the currently open EUR 22.5m call for demonstration projects and the upcoming BlueInvest Fund (equity).
Please use the password OEEMembers2019 to watch the video.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) ‘Accelerator’ aims to help SMEs develop and bring to market new innovative products that can drive economic growth.
It offers grants (up to €2.5m) and will take equity in companies (up to €15m). Grants are for technological innovation at TRLs 6-8. Grants + equity is available above TRL 8.
In 2020 alone, there will be 4 calls to allocate a total budget of €654m.
In an exclusive OEE members-only webinar, European Commission official Agustin Escardino Malva explains the Accelerator and answer questions from the sector. Agustin works in DG Research, is one of the creators of the Accelerator. He knows the ocean energy sector well, and the challenges of navigating the Valley of Death.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator (formerly ‘SME Instrument’) provides grants, optional equity and coaching to SMEs to help them develop and bring to market new innovative products, services and business models.
The EIC Accelerator pilot has a total budget of €654 million for 2020 – 89% grants, 8% equity, 3% for coaching.
Following the recommendations of the Ocean Energy Forum’s Strategic Roadmap, the European Commission is launching a 2nd call for proposals to fund environmental data collection and monitoring activities around deployed wave and/or tidal energy devices. The budget for the call is €2.3m.
Please use the password OEEMEMBER0719-EIC to watch the video.
The European Innovation Council (EIC) is a new EU initiative, to provide direct funding to disruptive and breakthrough market-creating innovation. Ocean energy is most certainly disruptive and market-creating, so OEE wants the sector to get the maximum possible funding from EIC’s new opportunities.
There will be significant funding opportunities available – €2bn has been set aside for the EIC in 2019-2020, and a further €10bn is planned from 2021 onwards.
European Commission officials Dr. Matthijs Soede (DG RTD) and Walter Van de Velde (DG CONNECT) will present the EIC, highlight some of the upcoming calls, and take any questions the sector might have.
The European Innovation Council is a new ‘one stop shop’ for DG RTD innovation funding. It will act as an ‘umbrella’ program for various H2020 related instruments such as the SME instrument, Fast Track to Innovation or the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) instrument.