COGEN Europe

COGEN Europe welcomes the European Commissions initiative to review the EU taxonomy climate delegated act to update and simplify the technical screening criteria For regions and countries that have already made the switch from oil and coal to natural gas, CHP is an key enabler for transitioning towards a higher efficiency and more resilient energy system, as all energy carriers, including gas, gradually decarbonise.

COGEN Europe welcomes the European Commission's consultation on revising EU ETS benchmark values for free allocation (20262030), but calls for urgent corrective action to protect industrial competitiveness and the district heating sector without compromising Europe's climate ambitions. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is one of Europe's most cost-effective decarbonisation technologies.

COGEN Europe welcomes the European Commissions Call for evidence for the development of a renewable energy framework after 2030. The revised Renewable Energy Directive III marks an important step forward in advancing the European Unions decarbonisation agenda, as it addresses broad portfolio of solutionsincluding renewable electricity, sustainable biomass, and renewable and low-carbon gasesand highlights the role of…

COGEN Europe welcomes the European Commissions initiative to review the EU taxonomy climate delegated act to update and simplify the technical screening criteria. Despite efforts to improve provisions across different activities, COGEN Europe remains concerned with inconsistencies linked to the assessment of high efficiency cogeneration.

COGEN Europe welcomes the European Commission's initiative to develop a Heating and Cooling Strategy with the aim to accelerating the decarbonisation of heating and cooling. Heat is needed in homes and buildings, as well as in industry. Heat, in the form of heating, cooling, hot water and industrial process heat, accounts for 50% of the energy consumed in Europe today.

COGEN Europe welcomes the European Commissions Call for evidence for the development of an energy efficiency framework after 2030. The adoption of the Energy Efficiency Directive in 2012 and its subsequent revisions have contributed significantly towards EUs decarbonisation, security of supply and competitiveness.

COGEN Europe welcomes the European Commissions Call for evidence for an evaluation on Update of the governance of the Energy Union and climate action. The Energy Union and Climate Action Regulation (henceforth referred to as Governance Regulation) is a key pillar of EUs ambitious energy and climate policy, ensuring that the EU is on track to meeting its objectives.

COGEN Europe welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission's initiative to revise the EU energy Security Framework. New energy security challenges are emerging in EU, including: 1) increased electrification of demand reflected in both higher average power demand and significantly higher peak demand, especially seasonal peak; 2) increased uptake of weather-dependent/variable renewable electricity…

COGEN Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commissions Proposal for the Revision of Network code on requirements for grid connection of generators (NC RfG 2.0). Cogeneration solutions (also known as combined heat and power or CHP) are recognised throughout EU and national legislation as key for energy efficiency, decarbonisation, energy affordability and industrial competitiveness.

COGEN Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the European Commissions proposal for a Delegated Regulation supplementing Directive (EU) 2023/1791 of the European Parliament and of the Council and amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1364 as regards the establishment of a common Union rating scheme for data centres (hereinafter Union rating scheme for data centres).

COGEN Europe welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission proposals for Energy efficiency labelling and ecodesign requirements for space and combination heaters (review/rescaling). While fully supportive of an ambitious approach to energy efficiency of space heaters, COGEN Europe considers that the proposals made for micro-cogeneration systems fall short of the energy efficiency first principle and…

COGEN Europe welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the review of the energy labelling of space and combination heaters. While fully supportive of an ambitious approach to energy efficiency of space heaters, COGEN Europe considers that the proposals made for micro-cogeneration systems are inconsistent with the “energy efficiency first” principle and the move towards smarter buildings that actively…

In our opinion, the amendments introduced in the ALC regulation concerning the additional allocation of allowances for district heating (Article 3d) are beneficial for the sector. The flexible system of allocating additional allowances, which takes into account both annual allocation during the implementation of investments that are expected to lead to significant emission reductions, as well as the possibility of…