European Hydrogen Bank - competitive auction (Innovation Fund)
European Hydrogen Bank auction
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.
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.
European Commission (DG CLIMA / CINEA), financed by EU ETS revenues
public · supranational
Deadline: annual_call — Auctions have been run roughly annually, each with a fixed bid submission window of a few weeks.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: energy, climate
- Stage: growth
- Locally registered entity required
Renewable hydrogen production projects in the EEA meeting the RFNBO definition, with a final investment decision achievable within the auction timetable.
Source. https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/eu-funding-climate-action/innovation-fund/competitive-bidding_en — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked