Deadline: 09 June 2026 (23:59 CEST Time) Background In March 2024, the city of Aachen submitted its Climate City Contract (CCC) with a total of 134 commitments from the urban community actors. In October 2024, Aachen's CCC was awarded the EU Mission Label. This important milestone marked the beginning of the collaboration with the Climate City Capital Hub (The Hub)1 within NetZeroCities (NZC) and the finance experts responsible for Aachen. In October 2024, the Capital Hub kick-off took place in Aachen with the Aachen Transition Team, representatives from the NZC consortium and European Investment Bank (EIB). The Hub’s support services [...]

New deadline: 26 May 2026 (23:59 CEST Time) The proposal submission deadline has been extended and a list of Q&As is attached to the RFP document. Background NetZeroCities, through Special Grant Agreement 2 (SGA2) Task 1.6, ‘Sub-European Peer-to-Peer Collaboration’, is actively working to provide tailored support in various national contexts. The aim is to provide additional support to cities, foster communities of practice between cities in each country, i.e. to strengthen city-to-city collaboration spaces at national level and thus help to reinforce national support structures for climate neutral cities (national platforms). To achieve this, NZC has developed a country-specific support [...]

New deadline: 14 May 2026 (23:59 CEST Time) Background The City of Glasgow is implementing a Community Renewable Energy Framework (CREF), aimed at increasing the footprint of community-owned renewables in the city. The framework seeks to support communities as they implement community renewable energy projects from initial proposals to delivery, including consideration of persistent challenges that these projects encounter, such as finding suitable land, financing, connections, and navigating the planning process. Glasgow describes the Community Renewable Energy Framework as follows in the Climate City Contract: “This initiative aims to support increased generation of energy from renewable sources by identifying a [...]

Deadline: 18 May 2026 (23:59 CEST Time) The proposal submission deadline has been extended and a list of Q&As is attached to the RFP document. Background NetZeroCities, through SGA2 Task 1.6, ‘Sub-European Peer-to-Peer Collaboration’, is actively working to provide tailored support in various national contexts. The aim is to provide additional support to cities, foster communities of practice between cities in each nation, i.e. to strengthen city-to-city collaboration spaces at national level and thus help to reinforce national ecosystems. To achieve this, NetZeroCities has developed a country-specific support framework tailored to the unique characteristics and needs of each context. In [...]

Deadline: 6 May 2026 (23:59 CEST Time) The proposal submission deadline has been extended and a list of Q&As is attached to the RFP document. Background In Sønderborg, Denmark, a growing interest in industrial decarbonization has led to the exploration of waste heat reuse among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). While many SMEs generate waste heat through various processes, these sources are typically small and fragmented. As a result, traditional assessments - focused on single processes - fail to present a conclusive business case for investment. There is a wish to change that by developing a holistic methodology that can [...]