ZEP responded to the consultation on the revised Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG), highlighting that the guidelines need to be updated and aligned with the market developments and the more ambitious new climate agenda, the European Green Deal, the European Climate Law for climate neutrality by 2050, the EU Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance and linked initiatives.
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Open letter on the need to include CO2 storage and multiple transport modalities in TEN-E Regulation
ZEP has signed an open letter from 27 leaders in industry, academia, and civil society on the need to include CO2 storage and multiple modes of CO2 transport in the revised TEN-E Regulation. CO2 transport and storage infrastructure is crucial to connect CO2 emitters to permanent geological storage of captured CO2.
Guidance document: Call for proposals ‘HORIZON-CL5-2021-D3-02-15’
Following the publication and the adoption of the main work programme of Horizon Europe by the European Commission, the Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) and the SET-Plan Implementation Working Group 9 (IWG9) Chairs have produced a guidance document.
Cross-border European CO2 transport and storage infrastructure
Cross-border, European CO2 transport and storage infrastructure: A real enabler for European decarbonisation On 23 March 2021, the Zero Emissions Platform, Bellona Europa and Clean Air Task Force co-organised a webinar ‘Cross-border, European CO2 transport and storage infrastructure: A real enabler for European decarbonisation’. The focus of the webinar follows the revised Trans-European Networks forContinue reading “Cross-border European CO2 transport and storage infrastructure”
PRESS RELEASE – Zero Emissions Platform announces CO2 transport and storage operator Northern Lights JV DA as a new member of the Platform
The Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) welcomes a new member to the platform: Northern Lights JV DA, the transport and storage component of Norway’s Longship carbon capture and storage (CCS) project.
Infographic – Europe needs robust accounting for carbon dioxide removal
This infographic summarises ZEP’s report ‘Europe needs robust accounting for carbon dioxide removal’, produced by ZEP’s Temporary Working Group on Carbon Dioxide Removal. The report provides a definition of carbon dioxide removal (based on the four principles presented in the previous ZEP report ‘Europe needs a definition of carbon dioxide removal’) that defines a screening process to identify whether CCS and CCU projects may lead to CDR and outlines the factors that need to be considered when assessing a project’s potential for CDR.
Infographic – The crucial role of low-carbon hydrogen production to achieve Europe’s climate ambition
This infographic summarises ZEP’s report ‘The crucial role of low-carbon hydrogen production to achieve Europe’s climate ambition: A technical assessment’, produced by ZEP’s Temporary Working Group on Hydrogen. The report focuses on the need for blue hydrogen and considers production techniques, costs, scalability, and emissions reduction potential. It also emphasises the need for investment in shared infrastructure networks for both CO2 and hydrogen and also includes recommendations for policymakers.
Zero Emissions Platform welcomes new members: Clean Air Task Force, ExxonMobil and Fortum Oslo Varme
The Zero Emissions Platform (ZEP) has welcomed three new members to the Platform: Clean Air Task Force, ExxonMobil and Fortum Oslo Varme.
Infographic – Europe needs robust accounting for Carbon Dioxide Removal
This report from Temporary Working Group Carbon Dioxide Removal provides a definition of carbon dioxide removal, based on the four principles presented in the previous ZEP report ‘Europe needs a definition of carbon dioxide removal’, that defines a screening process to identify whether CCS and CCU projects may lead to CDR and outlines the factors that need to be considered when assessing a project’s potential for CDR.
Revised TEN-E Regulation must acknowledge CO2 transport and storage are both critical to achieve climate neutrality in the EU
The European Commission has presented the revision of the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) Regulation. With this revision, the Commission aims to ensure that the EU’s energy infrastructure is fully consistent with the EU target to reach climate neutrality by 2050. Following the announcement of the revision, ZEP has sent a letter to Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, highlighting several issues with the revision – notably the absence of CO2 storage and CO2 transport modalities other than pipeline.