On February 2, 2025, the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava signed an agreement with the Research Agency on the provision of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism for the project Renewable Energy for the Creation of a Balanced Ecological Carbon Agenda (REBECCA). The project is implemented within the framework of call No. 09I04-03-V02 for the submission of Applications for the provision of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism to support research projects aimed at decarbonizing the economy in TRL levels 1-3.
The Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava is the project applicant, and the project partners are the Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v.v.i,, T - Industry, s.r.o., and the company SFÉRA, a.s.
The project, funded by the European Union from the NextGenerationEU instrument to implement part of investment 4 – Research and Innovation for Decarbonization of the Economy from Component 9 within the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic, has the ambition to verify the possibilities of transition to a low-carbon economy in the horizon until 2050 by using available and promising technologies for energy production, storage and distribution, simulating the services of the so-called "community energy" and changing the habits of individuals about energy consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The project aims to create and experimentally demonstrate (proof of concept – TRL 3) the idea of decarbonization of the energy economy of university buildings of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava using the above methods. The published results of the project, including methodologies, impacts of individual behaviour and comparisons of particular measures, will represent a comprehensive set of recommendations and procedures for society, organizations and institutions on how to approach planning and implementing measures to achieve climate neutrality goals.
Project name: Renewable Energy for the Creation of a Balanced Ecological Carbon Agenda
Short title of the project/Acronym: REBECCA
Recipient: Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Recipient's registered office: Vazovova 5, 812 43 Bratislava 1
Project partners: SFÉRA, a.s., T - Industry, s.r.o., Institute of Materials and Machine Mechanics of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, v.v.i.
Call: Support for research projects focused on decarbonizing the economy in TRL levels 1-3
Call code: 09I04-03-V02
Project code: 09I04-03-V02-00033
Funded by the European Union from the NextGenerationEU instrument
Source: Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic
Component: 9. More efficient management and strengthening of funding for research, development and innovation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic
Investment: 4. Research and innovation for decarbonizing the economy
Project objective
The project objective is to obtain new knowledge and procedures for the future decarbonization of the energy economy of selected university buildings and workplaces and to create a replicable model for the conditions of the Slovak Republic. The goal will be achieved by:
- creating an innovative concept for effective reduction of primary energy demand in line with the transition to a green and low-carbon economy, adaptation and increasing resilience to climate change of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava in cooperation with small and medium-sized enterprises;
- providing experimental proof of concept (TRL 3) of the concept and exemplary methodology for decarbonizing the energy economy of selected university facilities by proposing the integration of an efficient and flexible system of renewable energy sources, energy consumption management in selected facilities, together with the simulation of the so-called "community energy" services;
- concurrent education of various target groups and behavioural change of teachers, workers and students, which will be verified analytically and experimentally to achieve a carbon-neutral future
- an ongoing dissemination and communication campaign targeted at external entities and target groups.
Project implementation period: 08.2024 - 08.2026
Project implementation location: Bratislava
Amount of support from the mechanism funds: EUR 2,510,233.39
Support for the preparation of projects in the Horizon Europe program
On December 9, 2024, SFÉRA, a.s., signed an agreement with the Research Agency on providing mechanism funds for the project Support for the preparation of projects in the Horizon Europe program -SFÉRA 1. The project includes a summary of already completed activities related to the preparation and submission of the project proposal to the call for proposals of the Horizon Europe program, which is a retrospective project.
The project is implemented as part of call 09I01-03-V02 for submitting requests for funding the mechanism for supporting recovery and resilience. The call aims to further applicants who actively participated in the calls announced by the EU framework program for research and innovation Horizon Europe as coordinators or partners.
Project name: Support for the preparation of projects in the Horizon Europe - SPHERE 1 program
Recipient: SFÉRA, a.s.
Address of recipient: Karadžičova 2, 811 08 Bratislava
Call: Call for applications for Recovery and Resilience Mechanism funding to support the preparation of Horizon Europe projects
Call code: 09I01-03-V02
Project code: 09I01-03-V02-00155
Name of the program: Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic
Component: 9. More effective management and strengthening of funding for research, development and innovation of the Recovery and Resilience Plan of the Slovak Republic
Investment: 1. Support for international cooperation and involvement in Horizon Europe and European Innovation and Technology Institute projects
The goal of the project
The project's goal is to support the preparation and submission of the project objective "Upskilling digitalisation knowledge towards flexible energy services and communities" within the call HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-11 of the Horizon Europe Program, pillar 2 - Global challenges and European industrial competitiveness, cluster 5: Climate, energy and mobility. SFÉRA, a.s. was one of the project partners.
Acronym of project intent: UpGRID
Amount of mechanism funds from the Recovery and Resilience Plan resource: EUR 4,000.00
Program code: 0HV04
Funded by the European Union NextGenerationEU
