LIFE – Clean Energy Transition – 2026

Objectives

• To upscale renewable energy solutions and increase energy efficiency
• To support the development, implementation, monitoring and enforcement of relevant Union legislation and policy on the clean, sustainable, and just energy transition
• To facilitate the transition toward an energy-efficient, renewable energy-based, climate-neutral and -resilient economy

Priorities

• Priority 1: building a national, regional and local policy framework supporting the clean energy transition
• Priority 2: accelerating technology roll-out, digitalisation, new services and business models and enhancement of the related professional skills on the market for the clean energy transition
• Priority 3: attracting private finance for sustainable energy
• Priority 4: supporting the development of local and regional investment projects
• Priority 5: involving and empowering citizens in the clean energy transition

Eligibility

• Be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• 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 (list of participating countries)
• Beneficiaries and affiliated entities must register in the Participant Register before submitting the proposal.
• The coordinator must be established in an eligible country.
• A consortium composed of
  • at least 3 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from 3 different eligible countries must be constituted (LIFE-2026-CET-HEATCOOLPLAN, LIFE-2026-CET-POLICY, LIFE-2026-CETRENEWHC, LIFE-2026-CET-BETTERRENO, LIFE-2026-CET-INDUSTRY, LIFE-2026-CET-DIGITAL, LIFE-2026-CET-EMPOWER, LIFE-2026-CET-ENERPOV, LIFE-2026-CET-ENERCOM)
  • at least 1 applicant from an eligible country must be constituted (LIFE-2026-CET-BUILDSKILLS, LIFE-2026-CET-PRIVAFIN, LIFE-2026-CET-OSS, LIFE-2026-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: 85.5 million euros
• Budget per topic:
  • LIFE-2026-CET-HEATCOOLPLAN : 6.5 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-POLICY : 4.5 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-RENEWHC : 6.5 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-BETTERRENO : 6 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-INDUSTRY : 7 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-BUILDSKILLS : 3 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-DIGITAL : 10 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-PRIVAFIN : 6 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-OSS : 9 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-PDA : 8 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-EMPOWER : 6 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-ENERPOV : 6 million euros
  • LIFE-2026-CET-ENERCOM : 7 million euros
• Funding rate: up to 95% of the total eligible costs