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ZEP response to EU ETS Inception Impact Assessment
Revision of the EU ETS will need to be aligned with climate neutrality by 2050 and deliver on increased 2030 ambitions.
The upcoming revision of the EU ETS directive presents the opportunity to raise the ambitions of the EU ETS, aligning it to the objective of climate neutrality by 2050 and to the new, increased 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, as soon as the negotiations will be finalised. As noted in previous responses, ZEP believes that the 2030 target should put the EU on a cost-efficient pathway towards net-zero by 2050.
Developing Longship – Key Lessons Learned
How much CCS and CCU will be needed in 2030? – Objective: for Europe to be on track to reach climate-neutrality by 2050
A new political reality in EU and beyond with climate change at the heart.
With the European Green Deal and European Climate Law, the European Union has increased its climate ambitions and formalised its support for the target of climate neutrality by 2050. Related to the European Climate Law, the European Commission has recently proposed to increase the current 2030 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target to reflect the increased climate ambitions of the EU. The Commission’s proposal – currently in negotiation with the European Parliament and Member States – outlines a plan to increase EU GHG emissions reduction target to at least 55% compared to 1990 levels by 2030 within the European Union.
The increased EU ambition for GHG emissions reduction by 2030 will make the role of CCS even more critical and the large-scale deployment of CCS within the 2020s becomes crucial to support the climate ambitions of the European Union.
ZEP response to consultation on Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
Achieving climate neutrality will prove to be an unprecedented challenge for the European Union. As the European Climate Law states, reaching the objective of climate neutrality within the European Union by 2050 will require efforts from all economic sectors in the Union. For energy-intensive industries such as cement, lime and steel – key industrial chains for the European economy – the pathway towards net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 will be technically and economically challenging and the risk of carbon leakage is a serious factor that has to be taken into account.
Infographic – Revision of the TEN-E Regulation
This infographic summarises ZEP’s response to the revision of the Trans-European Energy Infrastructure (TEN-E) regulation. ZEP supports the European Union’s commitment to reach climate neutrality by 2050, defined as net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. To this end, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies play a crucial role.
As geological storage sites are not evenly distributed among member states, the large-scale deployment of cross-border, European CO2 transport and storage infrastructure is crucial to reach the European Union’s objective of net-zero GHG emissions by 2050. This infrastructure will enable clean, competitive energy and industrial sectors, early large-scale clean hydrogen and, not least, the delivery of significant volumes of carbon emission reductions and removals.
Infographic – European Strategy for Energy System Integration
This infographic summarises ZEP’s response to the ‘Roadmap on Strategy for Energy System Integration’. ZEP supports the EU’s objective of climate neutrality by 2050. While designing a strategy for a net-zero compliant energy system, ZEP believes that a technology-neutral approach should be privileged. All low-carbon technologies, such as CCS and CCU, that are scientifically proven and readily available, should be deployed to support a cost-efficient trajectory to climate neutrality.
Infographic – Europe needs a definition of Carbon Dioxide Removal
This infographic summarises ZEP report ‘Europe needs a definition of Carbon Dioxide Removal’. This report provides clear and concise definitions of commonly used terms around Carbon Dioxide Removal, to give an overview of existing technologies and their potential for emissions reduction, to identify some examples of European industrial plants that could go carbon negative and to advocate for European CO2 transport and storage infrastructure, a real enabler for large-scale carbon dioxide removals.
Infographic – A method to calculate the positive effects of CCS and CCU on climate change
This infographic summarises ZEP report ‘A method to calculate the positive effects of CCS and CCU on climate change’. The value of CCS and CCU projects to climate change mitigation is crucial, however, how to assess the added value, to be more exact, is complex. There are many factors that could play a major role, such as which boundary conditions and assumptions to use.
With this report, we are introducing three fundamental characteristics for the classification of technologies for climate change abatement of CCU and CCS projects: mitigation effect, net energy consumption, and implementation period. This report also includes examples showing the value of this concept.
