The second call for large-scale projects is open until 3 March 2022. The budget of the call is EUR 1,5bn. Its aim is to finance breakthrough technologies for renewable energy, energy-intensive industries, energy storage, and carbon capture, use and storage. For more information, please contact Michal Dlugosz.
ITRE is the leading committee in the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive and will present a draft report on 9 February, which will be tabled in the committee meeting on 3 March and will be voted on in mid-March. As the associated committee, ENVI will consider the draft opinion of the revision on 2 February and have its committee vote in mid-July. For more information, please contact Giulia Cancian.
The European Commission published a draft implementing act which introduces an annual derogation granting ‘zero emission factor’ for all combusted biomass (regardless of its sustainability status) within the EU ETS. Bioenergy Europe supports this initiative which is underlined in the response to the public consultation. For more information, please contact Michal Dlugosz.
The first meeting of the newly established Carbon Dioxide Removal Task Force will be held on 8 February, 14.30-15.30. The meeting will focus on the choice of priorities for the work on the task force in coming months. If you wish to attend the meeting or want to receive more information, please contact the task force coordinator Michal Dlugosz.
Bioenergy Europe’s Secretariat is continuing its outreach to MEPs on the Fit-for-55 Files. On Friday, there will be a meeting with the assistant of Patrizia Toia (S&D, IT) to discuss LULUCF and REDIII. She is a shadow rapporteur on the LULUCF file. For more information, please contact Daniel Reinemann.
On 2 December, Trinomics and the consultancy Ricardo presented the final results and recommendations of the study on reference values for high efficiency cogeneration commissioned by DG ENER. The reference values for heat and electricity production from biomass (categories S4 and S5) remained unchanged in comparison with the current ones. Higher efficiency rates were proposed to the solid fossil fuels category. The presentation is not yet available. For more information, please contact Michal Dlugosz.
The Energy Council met on 2 December to present progress reports on the RED and EED dossiers. Ministers discussed the revisions and many Member States called for greater flexibility and for more autonomy to be given to national governments in meeting the ambitious climate goals. Sweden, Estonia and Lithuania mentioned specifically bioenergy as an important source of renewable energy in their energy mix stressing that the use of a reliable and domestic renewable fuel should not be hindered. For more information, please contact Daniel Reinemann.
On November 24, the WG Pellet meeting took place. It was held partly on-sight in Brussels and partly online. The presentation is available here. For more information, please contact Gilles Gauthier.
Today, the IEA released the Renewables 2021 Report, which is the IEA’s primary analysis on the sector, based on current policies and market developments. It forecasts the deployment of renewable energy technologies in electricity, transport and heat to 2026 while also exploring key challenges to the industry and identifying barriers to faster growth. The report forecasts a strong growth of biofuels by 2026, since the demand is constantly rising, despite rising prices and a huge decline caused by the pandemic in 2020. Read the Press Release and Executive Summary here.
The Energy Council has planned its final meeting of the year for Thursday, 2 December. The Slovenian presidency may present on the progress report for REDIII following the first reading, but the progress report may only be released after the meeting. For more information, please contact Daniel Reinemann.
