In January 2015, ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus launched a call for proposals for European transnational projects on smart grids. Nordic Energy Research, in cooperation with NordForsk, has facilitated the call process on behalf of the ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus partners.
ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus is an initiative of funding programmes from 20 European countries and regions, co-funded by the European Commission under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (topic LCE-18-2014, ERA-Net Co-fund). The overall goal of ERA-Net Smart Grids Plus is to support deep knowledge-sharing between European smart grids initiatives by promoting and financing joint projects.
The projects have been evaluated and the Steering Board has approved the financing of 21 transnational projects, involving 19 countries.
The total requested funding from the Consortium is 31 Mio € and the total costs for the project are 47 Mio €.