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EU ETS Innovation Fund Survey: Testing of market needs in relation to the EU ETS Innovation Fund and the revision of its legal basis

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SuperNode has responded to a European Commission survey on its flagship innovation vehicle, the EU ETS Innovation Fund, prior to a planned revision of the regulation governing its functioning. This decade, the Innovation Fund will provide some €40 billion for commercial demonstration of innovative technologies, aiming to bring to the market industrial solutions to decarbonise … Read more

Offshore transmission is key to deliver REPowerEU

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The success of the EU’s new REPowerEU plan will be dependant on the upgrade and modernisation of Europe’s electricity grid and a pan-European approach to achieve it. The REPowerEU plan, released today by the European Commission, increases Europe’s renewable energy ambition to adapt to the shifting geopolitical landscape and achieve energy independence from Russian fossil … Read more

It requires pan-European grid planning to accelerate renewables

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European energy policy has been turned on its head, almost overnight, according to SuperNode CEO, John Fitzgerald. Renewable energy technologies remain our principal weapon against energy dependence and climate change, but they need grids and a pan-European approach, he argues. “In recent days, energy independence has replaced climate change as the main driver of European … Read more

SuperNode chairman to EU Commission: You can’t mitigate climate change by burning fossil fuels

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The European Commission must not succeed in its attempt to label gas as a solution to address global warming, SuperNode Ltd chairman, Dr. Eddie O’Connor, said today. In a leaked draft ‘delegated act’ sent to the EU Member States on the last day of 2021, the European Commission communicated its intention to enact EU-wide legislation … Read more

New EU infrastructure rules leave too much wiggle room

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Today, EU ambassadors acting on behalf of the European Council endorsed new regulation on Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E). The new rules will govern future cross-border energy infrastructure investments in Europe, replacing the existing TEN-E guidelines from 2013. A provisional political agreement was reached following marathon negotiations between the European Parliament and Council that concluded … Read more

Proposed amendments to Renewable Energy Directive do not adequately address the changes needed for the power grid

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The amended Renewable Energy Directive (RED) released as part of the European Commission’s Fit for 55 package does not go far enough to address the inadequacies in the operation of the power grid, according to currENT and SuperNode. Christian Kjaer, Vice-Chair of currENT and Chief Public Affairs Officer at SuperNode said: “Europe’s power grid needs … Read more

EU negotiators reach agreement on European Climate Law

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Negotiators from the European Parliament and the member states reached an agreement Tuesday night on a new European Climate Law, raising the EU’s climate ambitions significantly.   Negotiations went on late into the night and have produced a timely result 24 hours before the US hosted Climate Leader’s Summit.  Rapporteur, Jytte Guteland and Chair of the Parliament’s Environment Committee, Pascal Canfin, held a press conference this … Read more

European Commission: Revisions of the guidelines for trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E): currENT response

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SuperNode, as part of trade association currENT, has submitted its response to the European Commission’s proposal for revisions of the guidelines for trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E). The TEN-E framework is significant as it is the most important EU instrument to develop an integrated European electricity infrastructure. The Commission is revising the TEN-E Guidelines to … Read more

European Commission: Renewable Energy Directive II

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SuperNode has responded to the European Commissions ‘Renewable Energy Directive II’ public consultation. The consultation aimed to gather views from stakeholders for a revision of Directive 2018/2001/EU on the promotion of the use of renewable energy (RED II). SuperNode’s response made some key points. The first and foremost is that the RED II needs to … Read more

Zero-subsidy offshore wind to render coal unviable in the Netherlands

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The construction of the world’s first zero subsidy offshore wind farms in coming years is expected to render coal-based power plants unviable in the Netherlands, leading to their closure much before an official ban on them begins in the country in 2030, GlobalData said. The closure of these plants should lead to an increase in … Read more