Funding programme

LIFE is the EU’s funding programme dedicated to the environment and climate action.

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Call overview

This call aims to support specific needs for the development and implementation of Union environment policy and legislation.

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Call details

Once a year the Commission makes an inventory of the specific needs regarding the development and implementation of Union environmental or climate policy and legislation that need to be addressed during the following years and identifies among them the needs that could be addressed by specific projects. Before launching this annual call for proposals, the Member States receive a draft list of the identified specific needs that could be addressed by those projects and are asked to comment. Based on these comments, a final list of project areas to be covered was established.

The proposed project should develop and check the feasibility of legislation/support schemes enabling the use of EV batteries (when connected) as home batteries / to feed energy communities – and removing any potential administrative barrier (including to their authorisation), when plugged in with smart plugs at home / in collective residential buildings / @work / roadside “slow” charging points. The project shall include a dissemination exercise for public authorities across Member States.

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Activities funded

The specific project awarded in the framework of this call shall have a substantial support to policy development and legislative implementation on Vehicle-to-Grid integration leading to:

• identifying Dos (Best practices) and Dons (barriers to a smooth integration) in V2G legislation and regulations across Member States, in order to showcase the best options and to mainstream them throughout the EU support tools;

• increasing awareness across Member States and Stakeholders on such practices;

• highlighting the legislative / non-legislative needs to support energy systems integration as called by the EC strategy on it, as well as the smooth deployment of the mobility service providers market;

• provide grounds for further standardisation / mainstreaming in the framework of the Sustainable Transport Forum / implementation of AFIR/EPBD. These actions shall ultimately contribute significantly to peak-shaving and to decouple electric power generation from fossil fuels.

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Eligibility

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must be legal entities (public or private bodies) and be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

• EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
• non-EU countries:− listed EEA countries and countries associated to the LIFE Programme (associated countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.

Applicants shall have an expert understanding of the Electric Vehicles and charging operations, smart grids and smart, bilateral charging, and vehicles charging market, from a technical and regulatory perspective, as well as on the potential for EVs and Grids integration, AFID and AFIR proposal.

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Consortium composition

The applicants shall be a single NGO or a consortia of NGOs, covering through their membership organisations ideally active in most EU Member States, and able to examine specific national markets and regulation.

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Duration

48 months.

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Budget

EUR 250 000. The Commission will fund one project. Funding rate: 90% - Maximum EU contribution: EUR 0.25 million.

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