COGEN Europe

COGEN Europe supports the review of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) in the context of Fit for 55 and its alignment with the EU’s energy efficiency, climate and competitiveness priorities. The cogeneration sector is committed to the creation of a resilient, decentralised and carbon neutral European energy system by 2050 with cogeneration as its backbone.

COGEN Europe welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission consultation on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). Accelerating the cost-effective uptake of renewable energy (RES) in all sectors of the economy, across electricity, heat and gas systems, will be critical to reach climate neutrality by 2050.

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 revision of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in the context of the Renovation Wave, to ensure that the buildings sector boost EU Green Deal ambitions and foster a green post-pandemic recovery.

In response to the EPBD revision Inception Roadmap, COGEN Europe supports option 3 of the inception impact assessment, fostering higher ambition for energy efficiency and system integration in the building sector. In our view, the EPBD should be revised and designed in such a way to promote those solutions that enable significant energy savings and stabilise the energy system in a long-term perspective.

COGEN Europe, the European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration, welcomes the European Commission's proposal for a Climate Law. The cogeneration sector is committed to building a resilient, decentralised and carbon-neutral European energy system by 2050, with cogeneration as its backbone.

COGEN Europe, the European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration, supports the European Commission’s initiative for a European Climate Law setting into law climate neutrality by 2050 as part of a comprehensive, consistent and predictable legislative framework.

COGEN Europe, the European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration, in the attached feedback would like to recommend putting in place an improved and inclusive revision process of the EU ETS for areas for simplification: 1. Aligning ETS Policy to Fairly Account for High-Efficiency CHP: Ensuring Comparable Treatment with Heat- and Power-Only Installations; 2.

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.

The Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) is a key pillar for EU’s efforts to accelerate decarbonisation, support industrial competitiveness, address rising energy costs and deliver a more sustainable society on the path to net-zero emissions by 2050.

COGEN Europe, the welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commission’s consultation on the evaluation and revision of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). Energy efficiency (EE) has uncontested benefits for energy consumers, cities, the economy and in tackling climate change. Yet, despite efforts to promote energy savings, EU lags behind on its 2020 EE targets.

COGEN Europe welcomes the publication of Fit for 55 package and its objective to accelerate the cost-effective decarbonisation of our economies for all consumers. The Fit for 55 climate proposals, namely the original EU ETS revision (ETS I), the new ETS for buildings and transport (ETS II) and the Effort Sharing Regulation Revision (ESR), formally add up to delivering the required ambition.

COGEN Europe welcomes the opportunity to comment on the EU ETS Impact Assessment consultation. The EU ETS has been a key instrument to deliver the decarbonisation of the industry and electricity sector. As Europe and the world move to higher climate ambition to reach the Paris Agreement, there is a need for the decarbonisation burden to be more evenly and fairly distributed among all big emitters (in both EU and…

COGEN Europe supports the review of the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) in the context of Fit for 55 and its alignment with the EU’s energy efficiency, climate and competitiveness priorities. To ensure that energy taxation can fulfill its crucial role in driving the development towards a carbon-neutral energy system in line with the EU’s climate ambitions, the revised ETD should incentivise the energy efficient…

The European cogeneration sector is committed to the creation of a resilient, decentralised and carbon neutral European energy system by 2050 with cogeneration as its backbone, empowering European citizens and industry to generate their own efficient, reliable and affordable clean heat and power locally.

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.

The cogeneration sector is committed to building a resilient, decentralised and carbon-neutral European energy system by 2050. The EU must support ambitious, but realistic and evidence-based, emissions reduction pathways based on a technology inclusive approach to secure important investments in climate solutions in the coming years.

COGEN Europe welcomes the European Commissions proposal for a Regulation on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europes net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem (Net Zero Industry Act or NZIA).

COGEN Europe welcomes the European Commission's initiative to propose a Hydrogen and Gas markets Decarbonisation Package, with a view to deliver carbon neutrality by 2050 through higher energy efficiency and energy systems integration. The cogeneration sector is committed to the creation of a resilient, decentralised and carbon neutral European energy system by 2050 with cogeneration as its backbone.

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…