Deadline Date: September 16, 2026
The European Commission is inviting grant applications to support actions that reduce energy poverty across Europe by improving living conditions, energy efficiency, and access to sustainable energy solutions.
The focus areas, of the initiative include reducing household energy poverty, improving energy efficiency in buildings and appliances, addressing high energy costs and low incomes, enhancing living conditions and health, supporting vulnerable and low-income households, tackling summer energy poverty, strengthening energy system resilience, promoting socially just energy transition, enabling cross-sectoral coordination, supporting public authorities and stakeholders, advancing building renovation, and improving heating and cooling efficiency.
Energy poverty remains a significant challenge in Europe, with many households unable to maintain adequate indoor temperatures due to high energy costs, inefficient buildings, and limited financial resources. The issue is further intensified by extreme weather conditions, including rising summer heatwaves, which increase cooling needs and add pressure on vulnerable households.
The initiative aligns with broader European goals to ensure a fair and inclusive energy transition while addressing structural challenges in the energy system. It emphasizes the need for coordinated efforts across sectors such as energy, health, housing, and social policy, encouraging collaboration among public authorities, private stakeholders, and civil society.
Proposals under this initiative are expected to contribute directly to alleviating energy poverty by building on existing tools, indicators, and resources. Special attention is encouraged for actions targeting summer energy poverty and regions where support frameworks are less developed.
The initiative is divided into two distinct scopes. One scope focuses on supporting public authorities and stakeholders in establishing long-term coordination structures that enable cross-sector collaboration and strategic action to address energy poverty. The other scope focuses on facilitating the renovation of residential multi-apartment buildings in vulnerable areas to improve energy efficiency, reduce heating and cooling needs, and enhance the comfort and health of residents.
The total funding available for this initiative is €6,000,000. Eligible applicants must be legal entities, either public or private, established in EU Member States or other countries associated with the LIFE Programme. The coordinating organisation must also be based in an eligible country.
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