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CIP

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is the world's largest fund manager for renewable energy investments, focusing on offshore wind, solar, hydrogen, and grid infrastructure.

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners seeks taxonomy inclusion for agricultural waste

4 Dec 2025
Topic — The European Commission is reviewing technical screening criteria for the environmental taxonomy.
Message — The organization recommends amending technical screening criteria to include agricultural waste like manure in biogas production. They propose a feedstock-agnostic approach to align taxonomy rules with existing EU renewable energy targets.12
Why — Expanding eligible feedstocks would improve project bankability and allow them to serve more industrial customers.3
Impact — Fossil fuel providers face increased competition as sustainable biogas replaces traditional gas in more sectors.4
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Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament) and WindEurope and Elia Transmission Belgium

18 Nov 2025 · Energy grid cooperation

Meeting with Seán Kelly (Member of the European Parliament)

18 Nov 2025 · European supports and opportunities for innovative infrastructure projects

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament) and WindEurope and Elia Transmission Belgium

18 Nov 2025 · Powering Integration: Regional Cooperation for the Future Grid Buildout

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners urges EU budget to unlock private capital

28 Oct 2025
Topic — This consultation concerns the EU's next long-term budget for cross-border infrastructure.
Message — CIP proposes an investor-oriented approach to attract private capital for energy infrastructure. They suggest simplifying eligibility by removing the lengthy project status requirements for hydrogen and CO2 networks. Additionally, they call for de-risking mechanisms to absorb early-stage investment uncertainties.1234
Why — These changes would reduce investment risks and administrative barriers for private energy projects.56
Impact — Traditional system operators may see their dominant role in infrastructure funding diminished.7
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Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner)

29 Sept 2025 · Finansing the green transition

Meeting with Julia Lemke (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Thomas Auger (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)

22 Sept 2025 · Grids Financing

Meeting with Stella Kaltsouni (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

22 Sept 2025 · Mobilising private capital for investments in EU infrastructure

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Head of Unit Energy) and Gasgrid Finland Oy and GASCADE Gastransport GmbH

15 Sept 2025 · Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector (BHC) project for a hydrogen pipeline connecting Finland, Sweden, and Germany, which is a PCI and also recently awarded funding from the CEF.

Meeting with Alexandre Paquot (Director Climate Action)

15 Sept 2025 · New project for a hydrogen pipeline connecting FI, SE, DE

CIP urges simpler insurance rules to unlock clean energy capital

5 Sept 2025
Topic — This consultation reviews technical prudential rules for the European insurance and reinsurance sector.
Message — The group requests simpler eligibility tests for insurers investing in long-term equity. They want to stop checking every individual investment within a large investment fund. They also seek lower capital requirements for clean energy infrastructure projects.123
Why — This would make the company's funds more attractive to insurers seeking long-term investments.45
Impact — Regulators could face higher financial risks by allowing more debt and lower capital reserves.67
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Investment giant CIP urges private capital for European grid expansion

25 Jul 2025
Topic — The consultation covers measures to upgrade and expand European electricity and hydrogen grid infrastructure.
Message — CIP advocates for public-private partnerships to finance cross-border electricity and hydrogen infrastructure. They request increased funding from the Connecting Europe Facility to support a hydrogen backbone. The group urges regulatory updates that provide visibility and predictable market-based returns for investors.12
Why — CIP would access more infrastructure projects while securing higher, market-based financial returns.3
Impact — EU taxpayers and other budget areas lose as CIP suggests reallocating unused funds specifically to grids.4
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Meeting with Markus Schulte (null Economic and Financial Affairs)

8 Jul 2025 · EU financial instruments relevant for energy infrastructure

Meeting with Tomas Anker Christensen (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

8 Jul 2025 · Exchange on EU energy policy

Meeting with Lauro Panella (Cabinet of Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque)

7 Jul 2025 · • SIU • EU Energy Security and Electrification (EESE) fund

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Head of Unit Energy) and Gasgrid Finland Oy and GASCADE Gastransport GmbH

18 Jun 2025 · Baltic Sea Hydrogen Collector (BHC) project for a hydrogen pipeline connecting Finland, Sweden, and Germany, which is a PCI and also recently awarded funding from CEF.

Meeting with Alexandre Paquot (Director Climate Action)

28 Apr 2025 · Catalina Project

Meeting with Dan Jørgensen (Commissioner) and

11 Apr 2025 · Meeting with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners about the Clean Industrial Deal,

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and WindEurope and

8 Apr 2025 · Wind energy, electrification, competitiveness, permitting, grids

Meeting with Martin Engell-Rossen (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

3 Apr 2025 · Initiatives for energy investments

Meeting with Martin Engell-Rossen (Cabinet of Commissioner Dan Jørgensen)

3 Apr 2025 · How Europe can build up the capacity of energy instruments capacity

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)

3 Apr 2025 · Investments, competitiveness and the Grids Package

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

3 Apr 2025 · Exchange of views on the Clean Industrial Deal, its implementation and possible additional actions

Meeting with Maria Luís Albuquerque (Commissioner) and

24 Mar 2025 · Dinner at the House of Danish Industry and roundtable discussion

Meeting with Yolanda Garcia Mezquita (Head of Unit Energy)

18 Mar 2025 · Presentation of the CIP Microgrid

Meeting with Anna Jarosz-Friis (Director Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood)

18 Mar 2025 · Developments in Ukraine’s energy sector

Meeting with Marzena Rogalska (Principal Adviser Climate Action) and Madoqua Renewables Holding

11 Mar 2025 · MadoquaPower2X

Meeting with Mechthild Woersdoerfer (Deputy Director-General Energy) and

10 Mar 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal, Affordable Energy Action Plan, forthcoming European Grids Package

Meeting with Bruno Tobback (Member of the European Parliament) and WindEurope

28 Feb 2025 · Speaker at the High-Level Roundtable on EU Energy Policy "The Next Big 'How' for Europe

Response to Savings and Investments Union

11 Feb 2025

Mario Draghi and Enrico Lettas reports on European Competitiveness and the EU Single Market em-phasize the importance of mobilizing private capital to enhance European competitiveness, particularly in the energy sector. This includes creating an EU Savings and Investments Union (SIU) to facilitate the flow of private capital into long-term projects, especially energy infrastructure. The key aim is to bridge the gap between savings and investments across the EU, by improving condi-tions for institutional, retail and cross-border investment in long-term investments, developing targeted tax incentives, and improving the effectiveness of the existing EU sustainable finance framework. It is estimated that over EUR 30 trillion of savings are held in currency and deposits across the EU , representing a large pool of capital. Not only could this be better invested in a way that benefits the owners of those assets, but it could be more productively deployed in a way that achieves the objectives outlined in the Draghi and Letta reports, such as through investment in energy infrastructure pro-jects. As such, it could be a key resource for the SIU. Institutional investors, such as pension funds and insurance companies, are generally identified as crucial players in financing energy infrastructure. The SIU should provide an attractive and flexible framework to attract these investors by offering stable and predictable returns. Various recent reports suggest regulatory adjustments to reduce barriers for institutional investors, including simplifying in-vestment rules and providing incentives for investments in clean energy projects. Enclosed are some views and proposals from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) on how the EU regulatory framework for banks, insurers, and pensions could be adapted to unlock private savings to finance long-term energy infrastructure projects in the EU. A mix of gradual changes and radical ad-vancements is warranted.
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Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

6 Feb 2025 · Clean Industrial Deal, Omnibus and Grids

Meeting with Willem Van Ierland (Head of Unit Climate Action)

6 Feb 2025 · Discussion on solving the triple challenge of delivering clean, resilient and affordable energy to Europe.

Meeting with Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez), Julia Lemke (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez)

6 Feb 2025 · To hear interest representatives’ view on sustainable energy projects.

Meeting with Lukasz Kolinski (Director Energy)

5 Feb 2025 · Discussion on the Clean Industrial Deal, Affordable Energy and grid investments

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

5 Feb 2025 · Discussion on the state of the European hydrogen economy

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Head of Unit Energy)

16 Jan 2025 · CIP views regarding offshore infrastructure financing, including suggestion so for the next MFF

Meeting with Morten Løkkegaard (Member of the European Parliament)

22 Nov 2024 · Green Transition

Meeting with Niels Flemming Hansen (Member of the European Parliament) and Ørsted A/S

11 Sept 2024 · Energy policy

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy)

6 May 2024 · Energy Market

Meeting with Aleksandra Baranska (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič), Juraj Nociar (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič), Juraj Nociar (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

14 Nov 2023 · Hydrogen

Meeting with Peeter Kadarik (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson), Ruud Kempener (Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson)

14 Nov 2023 · Wind Power Package, importance of hydrogen infrastructure, European Hydrogen Bank, blue ammonia, Hydrogen and Gas Decarbonisation Package

Meeting with Maroš Šefčovič (Executive Vice-President) and

10 Oct 2023 · Hydrogen

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and Ørsted A/S and

6 Oct 2023 · Energy Transition

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

26 Sept 2023 · Electricity Market Design

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

2 Jun 2023 · on green energy

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and Siemens AG and

9 May 2023 · Energy markets; CEO meeting under the Baltic Offshore Wind Forum; Other participants: Litgrid, Latvenergo, AST, Gasgrid Finalnd, Suomen Hyötuuli

Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Antoine Colombani (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans), Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

27 Mar 2023 · Electricity Market Design reform and Net Zero Industry Act

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

27 Mar 2023 · Net Zero Industry Act, Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework

Meeting with Diederik Samsom (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and WindEurope and

1 Feb 2023 · Renewable energy

Meeting with Niels Fuglsang (Member of the European Parliament)

2 Sept 2022 · Energy

Meeting with Frans Timmermans (Executive Vice-President) and Ørsted A/S and Vestas Wind Systems A/S

30 Jun 2022 · Renewable energy on offshore wind

CIP urges EU to accept waste-to-energy emissions for green fuels

17 Jun 2022
Topic — Consultation on greenhouse gas methodology for recycled carbon and renewable fuels of non-biological origin.
Message — The groups demand that CO2 from waste-to-energy plants remain eligible for fuel production after 2035. They argue fossil plastic emissions are unavoidable and should qualify for sustainable status. They also request clarity on investment grandfathering and input definitions.12
Why — This would allow the company to monetize carbon captured from their waste incineration plants.34
Impact — Environmental groups lose if burning fossil plastic is classified as a sustainable source of carbon.5
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