(examples, indicative list from the Net-zero industry act)
Solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and solar thermal electric technologies and other solar technologies.
Onshore wind energy and offshore renewable energy technologies.
Battery and storage technologies.
Heat pump and geothermal energy technologies.
Hydrogen technologies, including electrolysers and fuel cells.
Sustainable biogas and biomethane technologies.
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies.
Electricity grid, electric charging for transport and grid digitalisation technologies and other electricity grid technologies.
Nuclear fission energy technologies, including nuclear fuel cycle technologies.
Sustainable alternative fuels technologies.
Hydropower technologies.
Osmotic energy, ambient energy (other than heat pumps), biomass, landfill gas and sewage treatment plant gas technologies and other renewable technologies.
Energy system-related energy efficiency technologies, heat grid technologies and other energy system-related energy efficiency technologies.
Renewable fuels of non-biological origin technologies.
Biotech climate and energy solutions.
Transformative industrial technologies for decarbonisation.
CO₂ transport and utilisation technologies.
Wind propulsion and electric propulsion technologies.
Other nuclear technologies.
Technologies for nanomaterials, smart materials, advanced ceramic materials, stealth materials, safe and sustainable by design materials, additive manufacturing, digital controlled micro-precision manufacturing and small-scale laser machining/welding, technologies for extraction, processing and recycling of critical raw materials (including hydrometallurgical extraction, bioleaching, nanotechnology-based filtration, electrochemical processing and black mass).
Purification and desalination technologies.
Reuse and recycling of electronics (e-waste) and circular bioeconomy technologies (e.g., converting waste to valuable bio-based materials or energy).
(examples, indicative list)
Microelectronics, including processors, photonic, including high energy laser technologies, high frequency chips, semiconductor manufacturing equipment at very advanced node sizes and space-qualified semiconductor technologies.
AI algorithms, high performance computing (HPC), cloud and edge computing, data analytics technologies, computer vision, language processing, object recognition, privacy-preserving technologies (e.g., federated learning).
Quantum computing, quantum cryptography, quantum communications, Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), quantum sensing including quantum gravimetry, quantum radar, quantum simulation, quantum imaging, quantum clocks, metrology and space-qualified quantum technologies.
Secure digital communications and connectivity, such as RAN (Radio Access Network) & Open RAN (Radio Access Network), and 5G and 6G; cyber security technologies including cyber- surveillance, security and intrusion systems, digital forensics; internet of things and virtual reality; distributed ledger and digital identity technologies; guidance, navigation, and control technologies, including avionics and maritime positioning, and space-based PNT; satellite-based secure connectivity.
Electro-optical, radar, chemical, biological, radiation and distributed sensing, magnetometers and magnetic gradiometers, underwater electric field sensors, gravity meters, and gradiometers.
Autonomous habited and uninhabited vehicles (space, air, land, surface, and underwater, including swarming), robots and robot-controlled precision systems, exoskeletons and AI-enabled systems.
(examples, indicative list)
Genomics, pharmacogenomics, gene probes, genetic engineering, DNA/RNA sequencing/synthesis/amplification, gene expression profiling and use of antisense technology, large-scale DNA synthesis, new genomic techniques and gene drive.
Sequencing/synthesis/engineering/manufacturing of proteins and peptides (including large molecule hormones), improved delivery methods for large molecule drugs, proteomics, protein isolation and purification, signalling, identification of cell receptors and developing polyclonal products.
Cell/tissue culture, tissue engineering (including tissue scaffolds and biomedical engineering), cellular fusion, marker assisted breeding technologies, metabolic engineering, cell therapies and bioprinting of cells/replacement organs.
Fermentation using bioreactors, biorefining, bioprocessing, bioleaching, biopulping, biobleaching, biodesulphurisation, bioremediation, biosensing, biofiltration and phytoremediation, molecular aquaculture, protection and decontamination including human decontaminating agents, biocatalysis, novel test techniques suitable for high throughput screening, process improvement and delivery optimisation for biopharmaceuticals and advanced therapy medicinal products.
Gene therapy and viral vectors.
Construction of databases on genomes, protein sequences, modelling complex biological processes, including systems biology and developing personalised genomics.
Application of the tools and processes of nano/microfabrication to build devices for studying biosystems and applications in drug delivery, diagnostics, and manufacturing.
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