Position Papers
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What role should LNG play in Europe moving forward?
Critical points were raised during the CEER/CNMC 37th Madrid Forum presentation and during the follow up discussion with Eurogas on 14 July. Let's take a look at some of the takeaways from this disc...
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NZIA should recognise CCU as a Strategic Net-Zero Technology
Carbon Capture and Utilisation (along with Storage) is of strategic importance to reach European net-zero objectives. The technologies will enable the supply of renewable fuels and other alternative...
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NZIA should define Sustainable Alternative Fuels technologies as Strategic Net-Zero Technologies
Driven by EU policies, demand for Sustainable Alternative Fuels will rapidly rise in years to come, and – in the absence of a suitable domestic production capacity - supply shortages would force t...
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European Auto and Fuel industries announce new working group for monitoring methodologies for CO2-neutral fuels
In order to achieve climate neutrality in Europe’s transport sector by 2050, stakeholders representing the automotive and fuels industries have expressed their support for the start of the work by...
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Zero-Emission Buildings: renewable energy delivered through grids is key
Eurogas and the undersigned organisations support an ambitious and cost-efficient decarbonisation of the European building stock. We need to strive for smart, efficient, integrated, and increasingly...
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JEAG Letter on REMIT II Trialogues
The Joint Energy Associations Group (JEAG) welcomes that the EU Commission (“EC”) has tabled its legislative proposal for a review of REMIT (Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and T...
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Eurogas’ Position on the Extension of AggregateEU, the Demand Aggregation Platform
While Eurogas understands the request of the Commission for AggregateEU to continue being available for use due to the ongoing war in Ukraine and the impact this has on gas supply, we do not, in pri...
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Eurogas position on the European Hydrogen Bank
Eurogas believes that both domestic production and imports of hydrogen will be key to deploy this nascent industry...
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Joint Industry Letter on the Urgent Need for an RFNBO Certification Framework
The signatories of this letter welcome the regulatory clarity provided by this week’s entry-into-force of the RED II Delegated Acts on Article 27.3 and Article 28.5 that define the production criter...
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Eurogas reaction to the open public consultation on the 2040 Climate Targets
This document provides further qualifications to certain answers given by Eurogas to the publi consultation questionnaire on the 2040 Climate Targets.
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Eurogas reaction on ongoing revision of the Electricity Market Design
Over the last year, high and volatile energy prices for both gas and electricity have constituted a
significant burden for European economies. We support the Commission’s decision to move forward w...
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An EU binding biomethane target in the Gas Regulation is critical to support strategic energy autonomy and climate objectives
Ahead of the start of the trilogue on the Gas Decarbonisation Package, we call on Member States to support an ambitious and binding EU-level biomethane target of 35 bcm in 2030 in the Gas Regulation,...
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CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles and analysis of the Commission Impact Assessment
We firmly believe that the upcoming Regulation on CO2 standards for Heavy-Duty Vehicles (HDVs) will play a key role in addressing the climate performance of the new vehicle fleet and ...
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Eurogas recommendations on the Net Zero Industry Act proposal
Eurogas calls for an open, inclusive and pragmatic approach that will enable the scaling-up of all decarbonisation options needed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, including renewable, low carbon gases, and CCUS technologies.
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GHG Protocol – Eurogas key statements
The GHG Protocol (GHGP) is an internationally recognized framework defining corporate GHG accounting and reporting
standards. It has traditionally served as the reference point for the voluntary deca...
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Recognising carbon capture and utilisation as strategic net zero technologies
The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) distinguishes between net-zero technologies and the strategic net zero technologies...
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Eurogas recommendations on the Union Certification Framework for carbon removals
Eurogas welcomes the European Commission’s ambition to deploy a harmonised EU certification system to ensure the role of carbon removals solutions, both nature-based and technology-based, necessary to contribute to achieving the EU climate targets.
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Joint letter to the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida
JOINT LETTER | On the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas, senior executives of our organizations met with representatives of G7 nations to discuss the unique and vital role of natural gas in meeting shared energy security and climate objectives...
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Zero-emission buildings: why renewable energy delivered through the grids is key
Emissions from buildings are much harder to abate than many think. The type of energy efficiency measures that are possible depend on many factors, such as climatic zones, local energy...
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Joint Industry Statement An Electricity Market Design Fit For Net Zero
The Electricity Market Design reform is an opportunity to future-proof the regulatory framework to enable the decarbonisation of the European economy. Indeed, the European answer should be meticulousl...
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Open joint letter to the European Commission concerning the Union Database
In this open joint letter to the European Commission, Eurogas presents the association's concerns on the Union Database (UDB) for tracing gaseous and liquid transport fuels, under the recast Renewable Energy Directive.
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Eurogas position on CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles
Eurogas welcomes the European Commission’s ambition on CO2 emissions reductions from new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), in line with the ...
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GHGP Land Sector and Removals Guidance – Impact on Biogas Sector
Annex B: Biomethane within the newly drafted ‘Land Sector and Removals Guidance’ is already having an enormous impact on the global biogas sector — inhibiting the immediate decarbonisation of th...