AENAON - OC#1 Cybersecurity Technology Enhancement for Offshore Wind Energy Operators
Funding for external organisations to integrate, test and validate cybersecurity technologies and preparedness capabilities for offshore wind operations in realistic environments.
TYPE OF PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED: Projects integrating, testing and initially validating cybersecurity technologies, services and preparedness capabilities for offshore wind operations. Eligible activities include cybersecurity technology integration, testing in operationally relevant pilots, digital-twin and SCADA/OT validation, penetration-testing validation, compliance and resilience activities, targeted dissemination, stakeholder engagement, training and validation activities.
SECTORS / DOMAIN: Offshore wind energy and closely related critical-energy infrastructure, with a focus on cybersecurity preparedness and resilience.
INDIVIDUAL OR CONSORTIUM: Applications may be submitted by a single eligible legal entity or by a small consortium of complementary partners.
SPECIFIC ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: Eligible applicants must be legally established in one of the 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway. Any additional third country is eligible only where expressly confirmed as fully associated with the Digital Europe Programme for Specific Objective 3 – Cybersecurity and Trust and included in the definitive list of eligible countries. Eligible profiles may include offshore wind energy operators and manufacturers, offshore wind supply-chain stakeholders, SMEs and other technology providers, cybersecurity service providers, research and innovation organisations, National Coordination Centres and other relevant critical-infrastructure stakeholders.
SPECIFIC TOPICS OR CHALLENGES: Integration of cybersecurity technologies; offshore-wind-specific cyber-threat, vulnerability, risk and incident-response scenarios; testing and validation in realistic IT/OT or digital-twin environments; SCADA/OT assessment and penetration-testing validation; compliance and resilience activities; and generation of evidence and outputs supporting wider adoption and scaling.
PROJECTS DURATION: 8 months.
BUDGET, FUNDING RATES AND PAYMENT CONDITIONS:
Funding rate: 50% of the eligible sub-project budget, provided as a lump-sum sub-grant.
Budget conditions / limitations: Maximum AENAON support is EUR 100,000 per participating legal entity, cumulatively across both AENAON Open Calls.
Payments: 30% following signature of the Sub-Grant Agreement and completion of onboarding requirements; 40% following acceptance of the mid-term report, deliverables and milestone evidence; and 30% following acceptance of final reports, outputs, KPI evidence and validation results.
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Closes
31/10/2026
Max funding per project
100.000€