12 March 2024 – The NECPs will, as the European Commission noted, need a “renewed and stronger focus on competitiveness, innovation and investments within the Energy Union.” With the Net Zero Industry Act agreed and set to become law by the time final version of NECPs must be submitted (30 June 2024), Member States should,...
Last year at the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission announced a Green Deal Industrial Plan to make Europe the “home of cleantech.” This was a sorely needed response to the US Inflation Reduction Act, creating a path to de-risk green supply chains, reduce the cost of the transition and reclaim EU strategic...
EUREC previously 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. This important and timely idea will speed up the commercialization of new, high-quality, European-made renewable energy technology across...
The European Parliament voted on Wednesday, 14 September in favour of a 45% target for renewable energy in the EU’s energy mix by 2030 as part of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), paving the way for negotiations with the member states in order to finalise the text before the end of the year. The...
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...
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...
Following a successful joint ETIP event on P2X, a second P2X webinar has been organised by ETIP PV, ETIP Wind, and ETIP Ocean – this time focusing on energy islands. The webinar’s theme is on deployment, notably “Are energy islands the first place wind, PV, and P2X come together?”. Several man-made floating “energy islands” are...
