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EU Climate and energy framework

Energy infrastructures

EGEC position paper on TEN-E

PUBLISHED: April 8, 2021

EGEC published its position paper on the regulation on guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure (TEN-E).

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EU Climate and energy framework

EPBD

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive

PUBLISHED: March 25, 2021

EGEC submitted its reply to the EPBD public consultation, emphasizing the importance to put renewable energy systems such as geothermal at the core of the EU’s building policies, and to align from 2021 onwards the EU’s building provisions with the objective of decarbonisation of the building sector.

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Financing

Sustainable finance

EGEC reacted to the European Commission’s proposal to include gas for electricity generation in the EU Sustainable Finance Regulation

PUBLISHED: March 18, 2021

In its statement, EGEC strongly highlighted that fossil methane does not have a role in the EU’s Sustainable Finance Taxonomy Regulation.

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EU Climate and energy framework

State Aid

Joint letter on the State Aid approval for the German Bundesförderung effiziente Wärmenetze (BEW) programme

PUBLISHED: March 17, 2021

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.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Internal market for heat

EGEC's response to the Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonisation Package consultation

PUBLISHED: March 12, 2021

The European Commission launched a public Inception Impact Assessment consultation on the Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonisation Package. The aim is to review the EU's rules on the role of gas and all forms of hydrogen into the context of the Fit for 55% package. It also covers access to markets for geothermal energy and other renewable energy solutions.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Lithium

Modernising EU’s battery legislation: an opportunity for geothermal lithium

PUBLISHED: March 3, 2021

The European Commission opened a public consultation to collect stakeholders’ views on the proposed Regulation to modernise the EU’s batteries legislation.

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EU State Aid Control, Financing

State Aid

Recommendations on state aid support for innovative renewable energy technologies

PUBLISHED: March 2, 2021

The European Commission will review and update the EU State Aid framework for energy and environment by the end of 2021.

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EU Climate and energy framework

ETS

EGEC public consultation response - Effort Sharing Regulation

PUBLISHED: February 11, 2021

This public consultation invites public administrations, citizens and organisations to contribute to the preparation for future legislative action in the Effort Sharing Regulation.

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EU Climate and energy framework

ETS

EGEC public consultation response - ETS Directive

PUBLISHED: February 11, 2021

This public consultation invites citizens and organisations to contribute to the assessment of how to translate the increased EU 2030 emission reduction ambition into an upgraded, more ambitious, workable and realistic ETS.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Energy Efficiency

EGEC public consultation response - Energy Efficiency Directive

PUBLISHED: February 11, 2021

This consultation aims to collect views and suggestions from stakeholders and citizens on the review and the revision of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency (Energy Efficiency Directive or EED), as partially amended in 2018 (Directive (EU) 2018/2002), foreseen by June 2021[1].

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