ZEP is supported by the European Union and receives funding from Horizon Europe (grant n°101075790)
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.
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.
On 30 November 2022, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Regulation establishing a certification framework for carbon removals.
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.
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.
On 30 September 2022, the European Commission (EC) published an analysis paper called ‘The EU legal framework for cross-border CO2 transport and storage in the context of the requirements of the London Protocol’, where it provides an analysis of the EU ETS directive, the CO2 storage directive, and the London Protocol.
On 27 September 2022, ZEP responded to the the ICVCM Consultation: Core Carbon Principles (CCPs), Assessment Framework and Assessment Procedure. ZEP's response is publicly available here.
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.
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.
On 16 June 2022, ZEP set forth a paper on enabling emitters covered by the EU and UK ETS to store CO2 across CCS systems, while benefitting from the same incentives.
