Making State Aid Work for the Decarbonisation of Europe

The project has been completed. It has made decisions of the EU Commission on state aid, relevant to climate protection and the energy transition, more transparent. Using well-documented case studies, it is now possible to understand what impact past state aid decisions have had on the energy transition.
EU state aid decisions are an important factor in the allocation of public funds in the clean energy sector. Clean energy includes solar, hydro and wind power, but also geothermal and biomass. They are key to reducing CO2 emissions in the EU and implementing the energy transition. There was little information on the role of state aid decisions in decarbonising the economy.
Find more information and material on state aid in the context of decarbonising Europe on Client Earth’s website.
Photo: Matthias Buck, Juliette Delarue, Maria Kleis, Kevin Oswald, Sam Bright
The project has processed and made accessible past decisions on state aid. In addition, it identified key steps and elements in state aid decisions that should be improved in order to link them more closely to the achievement of European climate and energy goals.
The project implementers Agora Energiewende and Client Earth used their legal, economic and energy expertise to develop an online database of their findings. They provided communication materials for 28 case studies in six thematic areas on EU state aid decisions.
In addition, the project brought together stakeholders and climate and energy experts to exchange views on the interplay between state aid and decarbonisation in the EU. They were also able to network with the European Commission, Members of the European Parliament and national governments on this issue through the project’s communication activities in Brussels and selected Member States and regions.
1) capacity mechanisms
2) renewable energies
3) coal phase-out
4) CO2 pricing
5) industry
6) energy efficiency and district heating networks
Updated: Juli 2021
Countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Poland
Project duration: 11/17 - 12/19
Funding: 274,568 €
Target groups: Governments, Journalists, NGOs
Implementing organisation:
Agora Energiewende
Project Partners:
Client Earth
Website:
agora-energiewende.de/...
This project is part of the European Climate Initiative (EUKI). EUKI is a project financing instrument by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). The EUKI call for project ideas is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. It is the overarching goal of the EUKI to foster climate cooperation within the European Union (EU) in order to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
European Climate Initiative (EUKI)
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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