Policy Documents

EGEC, together with eight renewable associations, urged the European Commission to maintain the Horizon Europe budget for Cluster 5 (Climate, Energy and Mobility) and the climate-relevant parts of Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry and Space) at least at the levels outlined in the Commission’s original June 2018 proposal. More details here.

The sustainable finance regulation is a key opportunity to unlock the access to public and private finance for key renewable energy technologies, allowing the EU to implement its decarbonisation objectives. The implementation of the sustainable finance regulation, the establishment of a sustainable finance framework and the financing of sustainable investment however requires stakeholders to understand the needs of specific technologies that actively contribute to these objectives.

The European Commission organised a public consultation on the revision of the TEN-E Regulation. This is part of a wider consultation strategy which feeds into the evaluation and impact assessment process.

EGEC welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the process of modernising the EU’s batteries legislation, to drive the development of a sustainable batteries value chain.

EGEC answers to the questions posed by the European Commission on the consultation on the Renovation Wave initiative for public and private buildings

The EIB Group has organised a second round of stakeholder consultation in order to collect more inputs regarding the Bank’s ambition to become the EU’s first Climate Bank.

EGEC, together with 62 leading renewable energy, local government and civil society associations wrote to MEPs asking for the removal of fossil gas from the Just Transition Fund vote, which took place on Monday 6th July.

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on the 2030 Climate Target Plan. It intends to increase the EU’s 2030 target for greenhouse gas emission reductions to at least -50% and towards -55% compared to 1990 levels.

EGEC responded to the Inception Impact Assessment (IIA) on the European initiative on the use of Galileo in Critical Infrastructures.

EGEC answers  to the questions posed by the European Commission on the Smart Sector Integration strategy.