The Twenty-Seven agreed this Thursday on their stance on the issue. Zero Emission Industry Actwhich adds: nuclear fusion And sustainable alternative fuels to the list strategic technologies Who will benefit from accelerating permits and relaxing bureaucratic procedures to encourage domestic production of new low-carbon industries? In Brussels, the Minister of Industry and Tourism emphasized: “The Net Zero Emissions Industrial Directive will strengthen our strategic autonomy and re-industrialization with green technology.” Jordi Hereu. In his speech before the Council, Hereu also stated that one of the main objectives of the meeting in Brussels is to deepen the discussion, together with community partners, on how to encourage small and medium-sized companies to benefit from Net Zero Emissions. Arrangement. . “Small and medium-sized companies are a very important part of our productive structure and we want to encourage them to participate and benefit from European policies,” said Hereu.
Technologies to be introduced
The list includes increasing the technologies within the scope of application of the new law from eight to ten, utilizing solar photovoltaic, thermoelectric and thermal; onshore wind and offshore renewables; batteries and storage; heat pumps and geothermal energy; hydrogen; biogas and biomethane; Carbon capture and storage; electrical networks; nuclear fission energy and sustainable alternative fuels.
This is the main change that EU Industry Ministers introduced in March to the proposal submitted by the European Commission under its plan to eliminate the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on the European economy. billion dollars, and there are investments exceeding 280 billion dollars announced by China.
Goals
The legislation sets a target of approaching or reaching at least 40% of annual deployment needs for strategic zero-balance technologies produced in the EU by 2030. To achieve this, the law introduces permit deadlines for net-zero generation projects based on their size and status, and reduces deadlines for net-zero technology generation projects with annual generation capacity below one gigawatt from 12 months to 9 months. (GW) and 18 to 12 months for projects larger than 1 GW.
clean technologies
The Council’s position also clarifies that the list of technologies deemed strategic should not affect the rights of member states to determine their own energy mix or the allocation of EU funds during the current multi-annual budget. The directive, which will allow negotiations to begin with the European Parliament, also expands the list of non-strategic ‘clean’ technologies to biotechnological solutions for climate and energy, other nuclear technologies and transformative industrial technologies for energy-intensive industries, and includes an Annex for products used primarily for manufacturing in these industries and with a non-exhaustive list of ingredients.
The agreement provides for periodic evaluation of the regulation against established objectives, which opens the door to the inclusion of other relevant technologies in the future. The Twenty-Sevens also propose a specific target for carbon capture and storage (CO2); This target is expected to reach an annual CO2 injection capacity of at least 50 million tons between now and 2030.