Call Module 2026-07: Heating and cooling technologies

Heating and cooling will play a key role in achieving Europe’s climate neutrality and energy security objectives. Accelerating the development and deployment of climate-neutral solutions is essential across the built environment, industry and agriculture.

This call module supports research and innovation on affordable and climate-neutral heating and cooling technologies across Europe’s diverse climate zones. The objective is to enable climate-neutral heating and cooling by 2050, in line with EU policy frameworks.

Proposals should address the following key challenges:

• Accelerating the renewable transition in heating and cooling: Increasing the share of renewable energy in heating and cooling across buildings, industry, and agriculture.
• Affordable and robust climate-neutral technologies: Developing cost-effective, reliable heating and cooling solutions suitable for diverse climate zones and applications.
• Seasonal demand management and flexibility: Managing winter heating peaks and summer cooling demand through flexible technologies and thermal storage.
• European resilience and energy security: Reducing dependence on imported fuels, equipment manufacturing and critical raw materials while strengthening European competitiveness.
• Deployment across sectors: Enabling scalable heating and cooling solutions for the built environment, industry and agriculture.

Proposals may address activities across the heating and cooling value chain, from component development to system-level solutions. This includes renewable heat sources such as geothermal and solar thermal, ambient heat use, thermal storage, heating and cooling networks, and end-use technologies such as heat pumps and distribution systems.

Proposals should demonstrate technological advancement beyond the state of the art, a clear pathway to market within ten years, and measurable improvements in performance, environmental benefits and cost-effectiveness, with clear potential for scalable deployment.

Projects are expected to:

• Project start at TRL 3 or higher.
• Project end at TRL 4 or higher.
• Include at least one industry partner.

Contact point: TRI4@cetpartnership.eu

Attention: This is just an introduction to the call module. Make sure to read the full call text before applying, including the detailed scope, requirements, and eligibility conditions, which will be published this summer.