Lobbying by Cleantech for Europe

Cleantech for Europe

Cleantech for Europe helps the EU lead the race to net zero by putting innovation at the center of public policy and building bridges between cleantech companies and policymakers.

Focus Areas

2025

2021-2024

Links

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ID: 429814347042-83

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Yvan Verougstraete (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Transport and Environment (European Federation for Transport and Environment) and

26 Jan 2026 · European Competitiveness Fund

Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

21 Jan 2026 · Follow up discussion on developing cleantech in Europe

Meeting with Aura Salla (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Jan 2026 · MFF

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament) and ELECTRICITE DE FRANCE

14 Jan 2026 · Politique énergétique européenne

Meeting with Stine Bosse (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur for opinion)

14 Jan 2026 · ECF

Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

13 Jan 2026 · Implementation of the CID; the Industrial Accelerator Act

Meeting with Benedetta Scuderi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

13 Jan 2026 · EU long-term budget (MFF) and European Competitiveness Fund

Meeting with Miguel Jose Garcia Jones (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

8 Jan 2026 · Role of cleantech in the implementation of the CID

Meeting with Laia Pinos Mataro (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

18 Dec 2025 · Industrial Accelerator Act

Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament)

10 Dec 2025 · European Competitiveness Fund

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament) and CAISSE DES DEPOTS

5 Dec 2025 · ECF

Meeting with Valdis Dombrovskis (Commissioner) and

4 Dec 2025 · Industrial Accelerator Act

Meeting with Ingeborg Ter Laak (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Dec 2025 · Cleantech Europe Summit, Grids and energy storage

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Dec 2025 · Cleantech for Europe Summit 2025

Meeting with Philippe Lamberts (Principal Adviser Inspire, Debate, Engage and Accelerate Action)

2 Dec 2025 · Participation to annual dinner of Clean Tech for Europe

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Nov 2025 · CleanTech

Meeting with Barry Andrews (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Nov 2025 · Cleantech

Meeting with Matthias Ecke (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Oct 2025 · Cleantech / Net Zero-Technologies

Meeting with Nicolás González Casares (Member of the European Parliament)

21 Oct 2025 · Cleantech Industry

Meeting with Michael Bloss (Member of the European Parliament) and #SustainablePublicAffairs

21 Oct 2025 · European Grid Package

Meeting with Andreas Schwarz (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva), Elena Martines (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)

10 Oct 2025 · Exchange on the Scaleup Europe Fund

Meeting with Tilman Lueder (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

3 Sept 2025 · Greening of the European economy

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

22 Jul 2025 · Mobilising investment into a decarbonised economy.

Meeting with Alexandra Hild (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)

10 Jul 2025 · EU funding strategies for clean industrial competitiveness and renewable energy innovation.

Cleantech for Europe urges carbon allowance phase-out by 2030

8 Jul 2025

Topic — The European Commission is reviewing rules for the emissions trading system and market stability.

Message — The group advocates for a 2030 phase-out of free allowances and predictable pricing. They also want to reform benchmarks to favor clean technologies over legacy industrial processes.1 2

Why — Ending subsidies for polluters would make emerging clean technologies more cost-competitive for investors.3 4

Impact — Energy-intensive industries would lose billions in subsidies currently granted through free carbon permits.5

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Cleantech for Europe Urges Stricter Local Content Rules for Industry

8 Jul 2025

Topic — New EU legislation to accelerate industrial decarbonisation and boost green competitiveness.

Message — The organization calls for mandatory local content requirements for EU technologies in public procurement. They demand higher content thresholds than current regulations to ensure European industrial leadership.1 2

Why — Mandatory local content rules would shield European manufacturers from cheaper, subsidized foreign competition.3

Impact — Non-European manufacturers will lose market access as the EU prioritizes domestic supply chains.4

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Meeting with Kerstin Jorna (Director-General Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs) and Environmental Coalition on Standards and

7 Jul 2025 · Letter with 16 signatories for European Competitiveness Fund to deliver climate and energy security for EU citizens and SMEs

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

25 Jun 2025 · Roundtable organised by Cleantech for Europe

Meeting with Stéphane Séjourné (Executive Vice-President) and

28 May 2025 · Start-up and scale-up strategy

Meeting with Christophe Grudler (Member of the European Parliament)

19 May 2025 · Politique industrielle européenne

Meeting with Laura Ballarín Cereza (Member of the European Parliament)

19 May 2025 · Clean Industry

Meeting with Irene Tinagli (Member of the European Parliament)

29 Apr 2025 · Courtesy meeting

Meeting with Reinier Van Lanschot (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Apr 2025 · Simplification agenda of the Commission - impact for cleantech start-ups

Meeting with Helene Bussieres (Head of Unit Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

1 Apr 2025 · Savings and Investments Union

Meeting with Wopke Hoekstra (Commissioner) and

26 Mar 2025 · Discussion on the innovation contribution of scale ups in Europe

Meeting with Ann-Sofie Ronnlund (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)

25 Mar 2025 · Exchange of views on clean tech

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

18 Mar 2025 · Discussion on Cleantech industrial policy, in particular on how to support the scaling of clean technologies

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

17 Mar 2025 · Working dinner with Jigar Shah, former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO)

Meeting with John Berrigan (Director-General Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)

17 Mar 2025 · Access to finance for CleanTech companies

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

17 Mar 2025 · scaling cleantech manufacturing and mobilising private capital

Meeting with Johannes Ten Broeke (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Matthieu Moulonguet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra), Patrice Pillet (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

17 Mar 2025 · Working dinner with Jigar Shah, former Director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO)

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

17 Mar 2025 · Scaling of cleantech manufacturing and mobilizing private capital including insights from the Loan Program Office of the U.S. Department of Energy experience

Meeting with Aurore Lalucq (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

10 Mar 2025 · SIU - Venture capital

Meeting with Mohammed Chahim (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Mar 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Elena Arveras (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Larisa Dragomir (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque), Lauro Panella (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

5 Mar 2025 · Exchange with Cleantech for Europe on financing scale-up of clean technologies

Meeting with Luis Planas Herrera (Cabinet of Commissioner Jessika Roswall)

26 Feb 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal

Meeting with Peter Liese (Member of the European Parliament) and Potsdam-Institut für Klimafolgenforschung

5 Feb 2025 · Austausch

Meeting with Tiemo Wölken (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Feb 2025 · Clean Industrial Policy (staff level)

Meeting with Vincent Hurkens (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

17 Jan 2025 · Savings and Investment Union

Meeting with Arthur Corbin (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné)

14 Jan 2025 · Clean industrial deal

Meeting with Reinier Van Lanschot (Member of the European Parliament)

14 Nov 2024 · First introduction with CleanTech

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

26 Sept 2024 · How to support Europe’s future competitiveness and industrial leadership.

Meeting with Laura Ballarín Cereza (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · Green Industry

Meeting with Christophe Clergeau (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Cleantech

Meeting with Lina Gálvez (Member of the European Parliament)

17 Jul 2024 · Clean technologies

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jun 2024 · Clean tech

Meeting with Kurt Vandenberghe (Director-General Climate Action)

19 Apr 2024 · discussion on how the EU can accelerate the rise of the next generation of industry

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jan 2024 · climate innovation

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

11 Jan 2024 · Cleantech hub for Central Europe

Cleantech for Europe demands level playing field for green innovators

2 Jan 2024

Topic — This consultation updates EU ETS free allocation rules to align with 2030 climate targets.

Message — The organization supports including renewable hydrogen and green steel technologies within the free allocation benchmarks. They also advocate for a new cement benchmark to encourage clinker alternatives.1 2 3

Why — This allows innovative startups to finally access free carbon allowances alongside traditional industrial giants.4

Impact — Established fossil-fuel based producers lose their regulatory advantage over new low-carbon competitors.5

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Meeting with Morten Petersen (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and European Geothermal Energy Council and

12 Oct 2023 · Ongoing Parliamentary work related to Geothermal

Cleantech for Europe demands Innovation Fund access for SMEs

28 Jul 2023

Topic — The EU is revising rules for funding breakthrough clean technology projects.

Message — They request simpler application processes and more flexible maturity criteria for smaller companies. The group also proposes a dialogue stage to better explain breakthrough innovations to evaluators.1 2 3

Why — Younger companies would finally access large grants currently dominated by major industrial players.4

Impact — Large industrial corporations would lose their current dominance over Innovation Fund project awards.5

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Meeting with Sirpa Pietikäinen (Member of the European Parliament)

24 May 2023 · GDIP, Net Zero Industry Act, Critical Raw Materials

Meeting with Peter Van Kemseke (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

7 Mar 2023 · GDIP- Cleantech competitiveness

Meeting with Pierre-Arnaud Proux (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager)

1 Mar 2023 · Net Zero Industry Act

Meeting with Jakop G. Dalunde (Member of the European Parliament)

25 Jan 2023 · Speaker: Cleantech Europe Summit

Meeting with Joan Canton (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

24 Jan 2023 · Exchange around the preparation of Net zero industry act

Meeting with Martin Hojsík (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Sept 2022 · Sustainable Innovation

Meeting with Andrea Beltramello (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis)

22 Jun 2022 · sustainable finance disclosures regulation

Meeting with Mohammed Chahim (Member of the European Parliament)

15 Dec 2021 · Introduction