EUREC has released two reports in support of the European Parliament’s proposed amendment to the Renewable Energy Directive (“RED III”) calling for at least 5% of new renewable energy capacity to be of innovative renewable energy technology (Article 3). The report is EUREC’s latest effort to promote awareness of this important and timely idea. Through...
The EU is considering slashing the size and diluting the focus of the ETS Innovation Fund, its main vehicle for financing the scale-up of clean technologies, to finance the REpowerEU plan. This at a time when the US is announcing unprecedented hundreds of billions of dollars of tax credits, grants and loans for clean technologies. EUREC, together...
Renewables displace fossil fuels; in doing so, they make a critical contribution to decarbonisation. EUREC, together with 11 associations, therefore welcomes the efforts to rebalance the Innovation Fund to better include renewable energy. The ‘clean tech manufacturing’ and ‘mid-sized & highly innovative’ windows are particularly important for renewables. These windows can deliver a wide range...
Leading renewable energy industry federations, think tanks and research centres call for faster market uptake of renewable sources and next-generation RES technologies. BRUSSELS, 20 June 2022. The twin geopolitical and energy crises have thrown into sharp relief the high costs of Europe’s continued fossil gas dependency. Rising prices and supply threats clearly highlight the necessity...
On 9 June 2022, 17 cleantech investors and NGOs signed an open letter to prioritise climate and energy security in Horizon Europe. Research and Innovation (“R&I”) has been at the heart of the European project and collaboration since 1984. Horizon Europe is the EU’s flagship R&I funding programme and with its budget of €95.5 billion,...
On 6 June 2022, EUREC, together with 11 organisations and investors, contributed to a joint-letter on how cleantech innovation will boost the Repowering of the EU. When Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded Ukraine three months ago, Europe’s fossil energy and resource dependence was exposed. Today, just like after the first oil shock in 1973 that spurred...
EUREC has long been keen to support measures to promote digitalisation and data sharing in the renewable energy space (i.e. through our Special Issue) and our DG Energy event this past February). We have therefore organised a statement to endorse data-friendly amendments to the upcoming Renewable Energy Directive revision (RED III). MEP Eva Maydell (EPP)...
The Innovation Fund is the EU’s most impactful tool to drive clean energy innovation. But its award criteria put renewable projects at a structural disadvantage. This is contrary to the original policy intent. And it undermines the REPowerEU objective of substituting fossil fuels with renewables. EUREC, together with 8 renewable energy organisations, therefore calls upon...
On 24 March 2022, EUREC contributed to a joint letter “To REPowerEU we must REPower Cleantech”. Fifteen organisations joined forces in a letter proposing FitFor55 policy changes & investment to act for peace, freedom and our climate future. This letter was addressed to the EU Commission, EU Parliament and 27 Permanent Representations of EU Member States. Since then,...
The ‘draft report’ of amendments to the Renewable Energy Directive proposed by MEP Markus Pieper (CDU, EPP) has been published and can be found here. Dr Pieper is the Member of the European Parliament who will lead the process to create and negotiate that institution’s position on the Directive. Explaining his amendments in a...
In June 2021 during the R&I Days, the European Commission signed Memoranda of Understanding with 11 entities representing the industry interest behind certain Horizon Europe research themes. Following an “Access to Documents” request by EUREC, the Memoranda of Understanding has been released to us. Contents The MoU set out the terms under which the...
On 15 Dec 2021, the European Commission tabled changes to its Energy Performance in Buildings Directive to bring it in line with the challenge of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. It contains a new provision on Data Exchange. Under the Commission’s proposals, “Member States shall ensure that building owners, tenants and managers can have direct...
EUREC has collaborated with Future Cleantech Architects in a policy summary for EU lawmakers on measures to integrate support for high-impact innovation in the Renewable Energy Directive revision (RED III). In particular, the document recommends specific sub-targets for innovative RES within the renewable energy targets in RED III. The summary also includes support for data...
The EUREC Secretary General and 15 other leaders of renewable energy organisations signed a joint letter to the European Commission’s Executive Vice President Timmermans and Commissioner Simson to call for a European-wide risk mitigation scheme in the upcoming reform of the Renewable Energy Directive. The scheme would allow for economies of scale to de-risk renewable...
EUREC, along with 13 other organisations, co-signed an open letter to the three Executive Vice-Presidents of the European Commission to advocate for climate- and energy-related innovation and its place at the centre of the EU’s Fit for 55 legislative proposals. As the Fit for 55 proposals are in the review process, the letter stressed the...
EUREC co-signed the position paper together with another 8 EU associations, calling for a forward-looking Renewable Energy Directive that brings innovative renewables to market – in time to secure carbon neutrality by 2050. The Commission’s assessment of the 27 National Energy & Climate Plans is stark – Member States are currently not harnessing R&I to...
Seven signatories representing a diverse range of stakeholders, including E3G, have signed a joint letter calling on the European Commission to deliver an ambitious update of the EU Industrial Strategy, which supports the delivery of the European Green Deal.
The Recovery and Resilience Facility is a once in a generation opportunity to prioritise green investments and boost progress towards climate neutrality.
Horizon Europe is a vital instrument to cement the EU’s recovery long-term and embed it in the transition to climate neutrality by 2050 – rightfully a key policy priority of the EU. With a smaller Horizon Europe budget, the EU must invest sensibly. It must prioritise funding for those technologies that will deliver on the...
EUREC supported by 9 associations from the renewable energy field call on the Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, to keep Horizon Europe budget proposed in June 2018. You will find the letter text and the possibility to download it down below.
23 April 2020 – EUREC contributed to a joint letter distributed on the 18 March 2020, you can read more about this in the section below. After this joint action, EUREC decided to further support this campaign by signing another public letter advocating appropriated co-fianncing rate for CSA projects on sustainable energy. EUREC has also...
31 organisations representing Europe’s Renewable Energy & energy efficiency value chains call on the European Commission to fully integrate the proposed economic stimulus packages and the EU Green Deal.
Brussels, 24 February 2020 – In anticipation of the European Commission’s forthcoming industrial strategy, which will lay out the foundation of a climate-neutral society, 10 leading European renewable energy associations joined forces to stress the strategic importance of their sectors in delivering the European Green Deal and facilitating the decarbonisation of industry.
Position Paper on Strategic Planning and Missions in Horizon Europe