HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-14:

 Deploying industrial-urban symbiosis solutions for the utilization of energy, water, industrial waste and by- products at regional scale (RIA).

 

     • Deploy real scale exemplary pilot solutions of the Industrial-Urban Symbiosis (I-US) concept, making the flows of energy, waste and water circular, achieving near-zero GHG emissions and near-zero water discharge;

     • Reduce by 50 % (in weight or volume) industrial waste generation and reduce significantly the associated GHG emissions, by re-using and transforming waste, by-products and side-streams into new resources or raw materials;

     • Provide symbiosis solutions based on a business case;

     • Plan a list of actions to overcome non-technological barriers for exploitation of cross-company symbiosis (i.e. waste regulations, standardisation, confidentiality and compliance, ownership, fair sharing of benefits, acceptance of the concept);

      • Set up facilitation services for helping implementation of symbiotic processes directed to local authorities, and relevant businesses, private/industry actors, especially SMEs;

      • Develop best practices for knowledge-sharing on technological and non-technological aspects (i.e. job profile optimisation) in close collaboration with the European Community of Practice (ECoP) CSA and other relevant bodies, dissemination the major innovation outcomes to support the implementation of I-US;

      • Plan actions to exchange knowledge and human capital with the local educational establishments and develop flexible learning resources;

      • Explore and demonstrate replication potential in other regions (i.e. by setting up a network amongst waste associations to optimise flow of secondary raw materials);

      • Plan actions to facilitate relations and involve the local community (authorities, associations, civil society, relevant businesses, especially SMEs, and educational organisations).

Relevant indicators and metrics, with baseline values, should be stated clearly in the proposal.

   

 HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-20:

 Reducing environmental footprint, improving circularity in extractive and processing value chains (IA).

 

     • Reduce environmental impact of extractive and processing value chains;

     •  Develop demonstrators and pilot plants with a lower environmental impact;

     • Reduce environmental footprint and circularity of extractive and processing value chains;

     • Develop methods, technologies and processes for mining and processing aiming at significantly decreased emissions (CO2 and other emissions);     

     • Significantly increase resource and energy efficiency, and increased circularity of raw materials together with increased valorisation of extractive waste;

     • Contribute to meeting the goals of climate neutrality, circularity, zero pollution and system protection, sustainable use and restorations as spelled out in the European Green Deal.

 Actions are expected to contribute to the implementation of the following actions of the EU action plan on Critical Raw Materials1 :

     • Use Horizon Europe funding for research into mining processes with minimal impact on the environment and lifecycle assessment;

     • Support waste and extractive waste valorisation and energy efficiency through cross-sectoral cooperation and industrial symbiosis, involving the mining industry.

 

 HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-21:

  Design and optimisation of energy flexible industrial processes (IA).

 

     • Significant increase of the process flexibility and demand response towards the integration of variable energy sources, i.e., renewable energy sources, including possible onsite energy storage and conversion;

     • Overall increased energy efficiency of the industrial process within the energy system;

     • New digital tools that account for the energy availability to realise the additional flexibility of the process and that create connections to energy grid platforms for a more efficient energy management system;

     • Cost reduction of the overall process through valorisation of excess streams into the energy system.

 

 

 HORIZON-CL4-2021-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-01:

 AI enhanced robotics systems for smart manufacturing (IA).

 

     • Provide safe, highly flexible, reconfigurable and modular solutions, allowing fast response to repurposing changes in production requirements, reducing considerably programming effort and configuration time for new products;

     • Demonstrate significant improvements towards a meaningful and seamless social collaboration in teams of human workers, autonomous agents and robots by exploiting the latest advancements in AI, robotics and Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH);

     • Create a network of open-access pilots to allow new users, especially students, start-ups, representatives from the makers’ community and SMEs, to experiment new technologies and to enable data and knowledge sharing through the European industrial ecosystems.