ZEP is pleased to announce the appointment of Joop Hazenberg as its new Secretary-General.
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Reaction to the Net-Zero Industry Act
The Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) welcomes the proposal for the Net-Zero Industry Act by the European Commission (EC). It is a landmark political recognition of the contribution of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technologies to Europe’s climate neutrality target. The Green Deal Industrial Plan is poised to provide aContinue reading “Reaction to the Net-Zero Industry Act”
Call for candidates – ZEP chairperson
The process for the election of the new ZEP chairperson was approved by the AC and the call for applicants is now open. Applications are welcome until 2 January and the election will take place on 18 January 2023.
€160 million Connecting Europe Facility funding for 3 CCS projects
Member States have agreed to invest €602 million in 8 cross-border energy infrastructure projects under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) on 8 December 2022.
Proposal for a Union certification framework for carbon removals
On 30 November 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation establishing a certification framework for carbon removals.
Horizon Europe Work Programme 2023-2024
The European Commission published a draft version of the new Horizon Europe Work Programme, outlining upcoming funding opportunities under the EU’s flagship programme for Research and Innovation (R&I) activities.
€3 billion available under the Innovation Fund
The European Commission launched the third large-scale call of the Innovation Fund on 3 November 2022. As mentioned in the Communication ‘REPowerEU Plan’ published in May 2022 the size was doubled to €3 billion in grant funding compared to the previous large-scale call.
EU emergency intervention in energy markets
In response to the energy price rises, the European Commission (EC) presented, on 14 September 2022, a proposal for a Council Regulation on an emergency intervention in energy markets.
UK shortlists 20 CCUS projects for government funding
On 12 August 2022 the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) selected 20 projects for possible government funding.
Results of the 2nd call of the Innovation Fund
Following the submission of 138 project proposals in March 2022, the Commission has announced, on 12th July, the 17 projects that will receive a total of €1.8 billion in funding under the second call for large-scale innovative clean-tech projects of the Innovation Fund.