EU Climate and energy framework, EU State Aid Control
European Green Deal, State Aid
The Commission is consulting Member States on proposal for a Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework with a reform of the State Aid rules. Here are the proposals for geothermal.
State Aid
As the State Aid Guidelines review is ongoing, the European Commission engaged a consultation of stakeholders to collect inputs on a first version of the revised guidelines.
Energy Transition, EU Climate and energy framework, EU State Aid Control, Financing
Renewable Energy Directive, State Aid
Today EGEC sent a letter to the European Commission Executive Vice President on the European Green Deal, the Executive Vice President for A Europe Fit for the Digital Age and the Commissioner on Energy. This letter was asking for the implementation of a fair framework for State Aid, that allow European Member States to support the development of innovative technologies and the market uptake of geothermal energy, notably in the heating and cooling sector.
EU Climate and energy framework
State Aid
Bundesverband Geothermie e.V and EGEC wrote to the European Commission Directorate-General for Competition (DG COMP) outlining concerns around subsidies for incumbent fossil fuel providers in the proposed new Bundesförderung effiziente Wärmenetze (BEW) programme.
EU State Aid Control, Financing
State Aid
The European Commission will review and update the EU State Aid framework for energy and environment by the end of 2021.
EU State Aid Control, Financing
State Aid
EGEC Members are invited to provide feedback by 07/01/2021 to the European Commission questionnaire on the review of the State Aid Guidelines. This questionnaire notably looks to identify the most relevant ways to direct state aid to the efficient market uptake of renewable energy technologies.
Financing
State Aid
EGEC welcomes the European Commission’s call to revise its competition policy that will support the successful implementation of the European Green Deal.
EU Climate and energy framework, Financing, Research, Innovation & Development
State Aid
The State Aid Guidelines on Energy and the Environment were initially release to adapt the rules on public support for the energy sector from a competition law perspective to reflect notably the framework of the 2020 EU Climate and Energy objectives. The purpose of this review is to put the State Aid framework in line with the 2030 Clean Energy for All European package, and reflect the changing market dynamics in the energy sector.
