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European Hydrogen Bank - competitive auction (Innovation Fund)

European Hydrogen Bank auction

Status

Closed for now

The Commission has committed to repeated Hydrogen Bank auction rounds financed from the Innovation Fund; subsequent auctions are announced by CINEA with their own terms and bid ceiling.

Closed
Amount
Not published

Fixed premium paid per kilogram of renewable hydrogen produced, awarded by competitive auction with a bid ceiling set in each auction's terms. Support is paid over ten years of operation against verified production, not as an upfront capital grant.

Funder

European Commission (DG CLIMA / CINEA), financed by EU ETS revenues

public · supranational

Deadline: One call a year — Auctions have been run roughly annually, each with a fixed bid submission window of a few weeks.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Renewable hydrogen production projects in the EEA meeting the RFNBO definition, with a final investment decision achievable within the auction timetable.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-funding-climate-action/innovation-fund/competitive-bidding_en · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: climate.ec.europa.eu

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