LIFE – Clean Energy Transition – 2025

Objectives 

• To support cities and regional authorities with the necessary capacity and skills to deliver and implement decarbonisation plans and strategies for the clean energy transition
• To support the implementation of the main pieces of legislation in the field of sustainable energy
• To help implement current and future building policies, notably in view of the revised Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) but also considering aspects of the New European Bauhaus initiative
• To support the clean energy transition and decarbonisation of industry by bridging the gap between the demand and supply side of net-zero energy technologies as well as by fostering collaborative approaches among companies operating in physical proximity
• To address the skills gap slowing the clean energy transition and Europe’s economic growth
• To advance towards carbon neutrality and to phase out EU dependence on fossil fuels imports, there is an urgent need to reduce fossil fuel consumption for heating and/or cooling purposes
• To increase the amount of private finance allocated to energy efficiency and renewable energy sources by establishing innovative financing schemes
• To provide technical assistance for public and private developers to transform sustainable energy project ideas into ambitious and large-scale investments
• To tackle energy poverty by addressing its root causes across sectors like energy, health, housing, and social policy, through coordinated and holistic action
• To establish or expand services supporting the set-up and growth of energy communities

Priorities 

• Priority 1: Build a national, regional, and local policy framework supporting the clean energy transition
• Priority 2: Accelerate technological deployment, digitalization, new services and business models, and the improvement of professional skills in the market
• Priority 3: Attract private financing for sustainable energy
• Priority 4: Support the development of local and regional investment projects
• Priority 5: Involve and empower citizens in the clean energy transition

Among financed actions  

• Capacity building, information sharing, and awareness raising
• Policy framework development, political dialogue, and market monitoring
• Data collection and standardization
• Acceleration of technology deployment, digitalization, and creation of new business models
• Workforce upskilling and private financing attraction
• Development and support of local and regional investment projects
• Citizen involvement and empowerment in the energy transition

Eligibility 

• Be a legal person
• Be a public or private entity
• Be established in one of the eligible countries:
  • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories)
  • Non-EU states: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the LIFE Programme (Click here)

• A consortium composed of:
  • at least 3 entities, from 3 different eligible countries which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (LIFE-2025-CET-LOCAL, LIFE-2025-CET-POLICY, LIFE-2025-CETBETTERRENO, LIFE-2025-CET-INDUSTRY, LIFE-2025-CET-DHC, LIFE-2025-CET-EUCF, LIFE-2025-CET-ENERPOV and LIFE-2025-CET-ENERCOM)
  • at least 1 entities from an eligible country, which complies different conditions (see details on the call document) must be constituted (LIFE-2025-CET-BUILDSKILLS, LIFE-2025-CET-PRIVAFIN, LIFE-2025-CETOSS and LIFE-2025-CET-PDA)

Additional information 

• Contact: CINEA-LIFE-CET@ec.europa.eu

Useful 

• Guidelines: Click here 
• Other call documents: Click here 
• Executive Agency website: Click here 
• More information: Click here

• Total budget of the call: 91.4 million euros
• Budget per topic:
  • LIFE-2025-CET-LOCAL; LIFE-2025-CET-PRIVAFIN; LIFE-2025-CET-ENERCOM: 7 million euros
  • LIFE-2025-CET-POLICY: 4 million euros
  • LIFE-2025-CET-BETTERRENO; LIFE-2025-CET-BUILDSKILLS; LIFE-2025-CET-DHC; LIFE-2025-CET-ENERPOV: 6 million euros
  • LIFE-2025-CET INDUSTRY: 9 million euros
  • LIFE-2025-CET-OSS: 10 million euros
  • LIFE-2025-CET-PDA: 8.4 million euros
  • LIFE-2025-CET-EUCF: 15 million euros
• Funding rate: up to 95% of the total eligible costs