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EUGINE - European Engine Power Plants Association

EUGINE

EUGINE is the voice of Europe’s engine power plant industry.

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Meeting with Radan Kanev (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Nov 2025 · European Energy Forum- How to address Europe's need for flexible capacity by 2035

Response to Revision of the EU’s energy security framework

13 Oct 2025

EUGINE supports the aim of the European Commission to strengthen the EUs Energy Security Framework and welcomes the revision of the security of supply legislation with a focus on an integrated, technology-neutral and system-wide approach. The revised framework should reflect the realities of decarbonisation, electrification and the growing interdependence between energy sectors, making resilience of networks and generation, flexibility and safe operation the guiding principles of the reform. Integrating generation and system services: The Commissions review of the Risk Preparedness Regulation (EU) 2019/941 shows progress on electricity risk management but highlights gaps in scenario design and cross-sectoral coordination. In this context, future assessments should capture interdependencies between sectors and include flexible, fast-start, multi-fuel resources that can stabilise the grid in crises. Assets using natural gas, biogas, biofuels or hydrogen ensure continued operation when supply chains are strained. Additionally, risk assessments must also cover generation assets providing essential services (black-start, fast ramping and distributed backup) not only transmission networks. Adequacy studies should integrate electricity, gas and hydrogen systems, to reflect bottlenecks, and ensure critical system services such as inertia, voltage and frequency control. Moreover, national plans often lack clear actions and definitions of crisis conditions. A common EU template should include flexible assets, black-start capabilities and local resilience measures, outlining how system services will be maintained and distributed resources mobilised. Simulation exercises should test cross-sectoral risks and decentralised generation. Extending gas security to renewable gases: As natural gas use declines, renewable gases (hydrogen, biomethane and synthetic fuels) will manage seasonal imbalances and complement renewables. Therefore, the Gas Security of Supply Regulation should cover these gases, leveraging the EUs extensive pipeline and storage infrastructure. Additionally, storage targets must include hydrogen and its derivatives to ensure flexibility. Infrastructure standards and diversification: Energy security requires integrating electricity and renewable gas systems rather than focusing solely on electrification. Repurposing gas infrastructure for renewable gases and hydrogen strengthens resilience and avoids costly grid expansion. Maintaining adaptable pipelines and storage supports reliability, affordability and stability. The EU must also avoid overreliance on any single technology. This requires promoting complementary energy carriers, conversion and storage technologies, including decentralized gas-to-power systems, to enhance flexibility and reduce vulnerability during low renewable electricity periods. Cogeneration plants, which generate both power and heat in a highly efficient manner using gases, can operate extremely flexibly today and are a prime example of combining local power supply with primary energy savings. Integrated planning and reuse of existing assets will secure a reliable, affordable and fast transition to a climate-neutral economy Conclusion: A resilient EU energy framework must combine flexibility, diversification and cross-sectoral integration. The upcoming revision should also take into account additional enabling mechanisms that can reinforce these objectives. In particular, among others, Capacity Mechanisms are essential to trigger the necessary. By embedding these elements, the European Commission can ensure a balanced, secure and competitive energy transition for the EU.
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Response to List of net-zero technology final products and their main specific components

20 Feb 2025

EUGINE is the industry association representing Europes engine power plant industry. Our members are the leading European manufacturers of engine power plants and their key components. EUGINE recognises the ambition of the European Commission to identify the key components for the net-zero technologies listed in the NZIA regulation. Components should be included if they are essential to ensure the effective implementation of the resilience contribution and contribute significantly to the final product's value. We see these conditions to be fulfilled also for hydrogen and biogas engines and the matching generators. Both are core elements of a reliable dispatchable electricity and heat supply - but not listed in the annex. Accordingly, we request to add them to the list of main specific components, ensuring that similar solutions contributing to the same aims and having a similar relevance for the resilience are treated in an equal way. Hydrogen technologies: With the target of generating electricity and heat from hydrogen, hydrogen engines and fuel cells provide exactly the same contribution to a net-zero technology. It is not consistent to list one and not the other. Hydrogen engines are specific products designed for this task. Renewable gas technologies: Biogas, biomethane, sewage and landfill gas technologies are all listed but the central product of the mentioned plants biogas & biomethane engines and the connected generators is missing. Without these components there is no transformation of the gas into electricity and heat. Today almost all of the existing biogas plants operate with biogas engines. Most of them as highly efficient cogeneration plants. The full list of components to be added can be found in the attachment.
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Response to Delegated act on primarily used components under the Net-Zero Industry Act

20 Feb 2025

EUGINE is the industry association representing Europes engine power plant industry. Our members are the leading European manufacturers of engine power plants and their key components. EUGINE recognises the ambition of the European Commission to identify the key components for the net-zero technologies listed in the NZIA regulation. The target of the list is the identification of final products and specific components considered to be primarily used for the production of net-zero technologies. Unfortunately, the approach seems to be limited to some products and components without providing a rationale why these and not similar other components were selected. Hydrogen technologies: With the target of generating electricity and heat from hydrogen, hydrogen engines and fuel cells provide exactly the same contribution to a net-zero technology. It is not consistent to list one and not the other. Hydrogen engines are specific products designed for this task. Renewable gas technologies: Biogas, biomethane, sewage and landfill gas technologies are all listed but the central product of the mentioned plants biogas & biomethane engines and the connected generators is missing. Without these components there is no transformation of the gas into electricity and heat. Today almost all of the existing biogas plants operate with biogas engines. Most of them as highly efficient cogeneration plants. Accordingly, we request to add the mentioned components to the list in the annex. The full list of components to be added can be found in the attachment.
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Meeting with Christian Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and EPIA SolarPower Europe and

13 Dec 2024 · Energy policy

Response to Greenhouse gas emissions savings methodology for low-carbon fuels

25 Oct 2024

EUGINE welcomes the European Commission's initiative to establish a framework for certifying low-carbon fuels. As representatives of the hydrogen and gas engine power plant industry, we fully support Europes commitment to the rapid decarbonisation of the gas infrastructure, in line with the goals of the gas package, and the development of a robust hydrogen economy. Recognising all renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production pathways is essential to build up a diverse and competitive market and allow for the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy: A technology neutral approach enables a wide range of technologies to contribute to Europes energy transition, scale up hydrogen production, and ensure a diversified energy supply, essential to safeguard energy security. A flexible approach to renewable and low-carbon hydrogen production pathways is essential to ensure sufficient volumes of hydrogen are availablenot only for industrial use but, crucially, for power generation and transport. Hydrogen will play a key role in powering hydrogen engines, which are vital for delivering reliable, low-carbon energy in various applications. Firm and flexible generation capacity will remain crucial during periods of high electricity demand and low renewable output. Gas networks already allow large-scale, long-term energy storage, and in the future, hydrogen networks will store excess renewable electricity with the potential to replace natural gas. Many hydrogen engine projects have already been successfully launched. Notable examples include demonstration projects that convert solar power into hydrogen during the summer, which is then used in winter to produce power and heat. Additionally, other projects are exploring the use of hydrogen engines as backup power sources for data centers. The methodology for determining GHG emission savings of low-carbon fuels should support the role of hydrogen in long-term energy storage and system stability. In particular, it should set achievable criteria without imposing overly complex or unrealistic barriers to the production and deployment of low-carbon hydrogen. With this in mind, there are important aspects that require further consideration: 1. Default Emission Factors While the link to the Methane Emissions Regulation is welcome, the text should clearly explain how hydrogen producers can demonstrate better performance than the default values outlined in Annex B before the methodology is implemented in 2028. Relying on excessively conservative default emission factors could hinder, rather than encourage, the production of low-carbon hydrogen. 2. Hydrogen Leakage Hydrogen leakage is a valid concern, but research is still ongoing and sufficient data is not yet available. Additionally, hydrogen leakage detection technologies are either underdeveloped or not yet widely available. Including this issue in the current methodology could indeed add unnecessary complexity and potentially slow down the deployment of low-carbon fuels. 3. Legislative Coherence In order to guarantee legislative coherence across all emission-related legislation, we strongly recommend that the proposed methodology be in line with default factors and standard values proposed in delegated acts (e.g. 2023/1185), as well as FuelEU Maritime, ReFuelEU Aviation, RED III and international standards such as the IMO Greenhouse gas Fuel Standard. 4. Double-Counting of Emissions The delegated act considers greenhouse gas emissions from the production and use of low-carbon fuels, from emissions from supply of inputs to processing, transport and combustion. Regarding particulary combustion in its end use, we are concerned that unclear provisions might lead to double counting of emissions, especially in cases of co-firing. EUGINE is ready to contribute further and strongly encourages a collaborative dialogue among stakeholders to shape inclusive policies that accelerate the deployment of low-carbon fuel technologies.
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Meeting with Pascal Arimont (Member of the European Parliament)

22 May 2023 · Union’s electricity market design

Response to Revision of the EU’s electricity market design

8 May 2023

EUGINE welcomes the European Commission proposal to improve the Unions electricity market design and, especially, its focus on flexibility. However, the proposal misses out on flexibility solutions covering longer time periods. In addition, coherence with the EU renewable gas targets and the energy system integration strategy should also be strengthened. Our recommendations: 1. The proposal to promote non-fossil flexibility, such as demand side response and energy storage, overlooks the need for flexible, dispatchable generation to complement these solutions. Power plants running on renewable fuels, such as hydrogen or biogas, can provide dispatchable, climate-neutral electricity when needed, particularly when renewable energy is not available to meet demand. However, as currently defined, the proposal may exclude these technologies. This could hinder the transition to renewable fuels. It is therefore important that the proposal fosters all types of flexible solutions that do not increase emissions, instead of leading to an exclusion of a particular technology. 2. The added value of the new suggested "flexibility support schemes", as currently defined, is not clear to us given that State Aid for capacity is already possible. It is also possible to fund certain technologies that contribute to decarbonisation. Therefore, if the Commission intended to create a new support scheme, it would make sense to built it on a technology neutral basis. Going forward, to make capacity mechanisms future proof, we urge the creation of comprehensive Resilience or Capability Market focusing on specific grid stability needs and incentivising investment in power plants that can be dispatched instantly or over longer periods of time. 3. Capacity payments need to be provided to encourage companies to provide flexible solutions. However, it remains unclear whether the new rules for flexibility support schemes overlap with existing state aid regulations for climate protection or existing capacity mechanisms. In addition, the suggested flexibility scheme should be climate and technology neutral and be better linked to the flexibility needs assessment and national target. 4. The establishment of a peak shaving product and design principles for flexibility support schemes are not clear in relation to behind-the-meter generation. In our understanding, behind-the-meter generation is equal to captive power, which allows for the self-consumption of renewable energy, and includes batteries, micro and industrial CHP. Behind-the-meter generation or captive power allows for demand management and can be used with renewable gases. The proposed wording appears to disincentivise all behind-the-meter generation and thus reduce flexibility in the system. 5. The proposed national bi-annual assessment of flexibility needs to bolster security of electricity supply within EU member states. To better align assessments related to grid security and power generation adequacy, flexibility needs should be incorporated into the European resource adequacy (ERAA) methodology, which should be reviewed. Such an assessment would contribute to investment signals and plans that address shortfalls in flexibility supply. 6. The "Indicative national objective for demand side response and storage" lacks ambition. A national flexibility target would provide a stronger incentive for all carbon-neutral flexibility solutions and be accompanied by a roadmap or implementation plan detailing how to achieve the target.
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Response to Revision of EU rules on Gas

10 Mar 2021

EUGINE, the European Engine Power Plants Association, together with EUTurbines, the European Association of Gas and Steam Turbine Manufacturers, welcome and support the European Commission’s initiative to prepare gas markets for the increased EU’s climate ambition. A consistent EU-wide legal framework will be essential to drive the decarbonisation of European gas markets, namely by facilitating the emergence of a market for competitive renewable and low-carbon gases. The attached document provides the joint position of EUTurbines and EUGINE. The key messages are also outlined below. On the role of gas in integrated energy systems: A gas market reform leading to the transformation of Europe’s energy system requires: • An integrated approach reflecting the interdependence of energy vectors and promoting the interactions of the electricity, gas and heat networks to ensure a cost-efficient and reliable energy supply • The recognition of gas storage as the most suitable and cost-efficient long-term energy storage solution, which helps meet peak electricity and heat demand with flexible gas power generation – using renewable and low-carbon gases On creating renewable and low-carbon gas markets: A gas market reform leading to the transformation of Europe’s energy system requires: • A long-term perspective and market design incentivising the supply and use of renewable and low-carbon gas in Europe • The recognition that the decarbonisation of gas will undergo a transitional phase before supplying fully renewable gas to end-users by 2050, during which CCU/S will be used to provide low-carbon hydrogen • EU-wide rules that promote the access and use of hydrogen across all end-users, including centralised and decentralised power generation • EU-wide rules that ensure the development of an effective cross-border trade of renewable and low-carbon gases, including a standardised classification scheme for renewable and low-carbon gases • A system of certification and guarantees of origin that allows electricity and heat generated from gas power plants using renewable or low-carbon gas to be recognised as decarbonised energy On getting the future gas infrastructure right: A gas market reform leading to the transformation of Europe’s energy system requires: • EU-wide rules that provide the general framework, ensure consistency and give predictability on the transformation of the gas network – including on blending • The support to a controlled blending of hydrogen into the natural gas network in the beginning, until larger amounts of hydrogen are available • Flexible gas power generation to continue to be connected to the gas network and receive renewable and low-carbon gases • The integration of all gas customer segments in the infrastructure planning and decision process to ensure that end-users are also prepared for the transition • Information on expected gas quality changes to be communicated by the grid operators in a structured way and well ahead – while ensuring a certain stability of the gas quality delivered to the customer • Support to the upgrading of not only the gas networks but also of end-users such as gas power plants, for which retrofit solutions are already available • The recognition that investments in new H2-ready infrastructure and equipment do not lead to a lock-in demand for natural gas
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Response to Climate change mitigation and adaptation taxonomy

17 Dec 2020

EUGINE, the European association representing the engine power plant industry, believes that the criteria, suggested for gas-based electricity and heat generation in the draft delegated act, are not considering two important aspects: (a) the capability of the technology to switch to climate-neutral renewable gases whenever these are available and (b) the contribution of the technology to a fast decarbonisation path that does not endanger the reliability of the energy system. Reaching the EU energy and climate targets requires the use of existing reliable technology that via a fuel switch is compatible to the future climate-neutral energy system 1. Electricity generation and cogeneration using climate-neutral and renewable gas is fully sustainable according to Art 10(1) like other renewable energy Gas power plants and cogeneration plants can operate with climate-neutral renewable gases, like clean hydrogen or biomethane. These clean plants provide the flexible dispatchable capacity needed to balance an electricity system, dominated by wind and PV, at all times. Clean cogeneration plants are the most efficient technology to support the decarbonisation of heat supply – supporting the EU energy efficiency targets. Electricity generation and cogeneration with gaseous fuels (4.7 & 4.19) when operating with climate-neutral renewable gases as well as electricity generation and cogeneration with biogas (4.8 & 4.20) in line with REDII requirements are fully sustainable activities. 2. Electricity generation with gaseous fuels as transitional activity The future role of gas power plants which only provide electricity will mainly be the provision of reliable electricity for the periods when meeting demand cannot be ensured by renewables. The 100g CO2e/kWh approach is based on constant operation, while these plants would operate limited hours and therefore also not emit constantly. We suggest allowing these gas power plants during the transitional period to emit an annual amount equal to the constant emission of the allowed 100g CO2e/kWh. This way those plants would not emit more GHG than a constant emitter of 100g CO2e/kWh but can operate as flexible backup. 3. Cogeneration with gaseous fuels as a transitional activity Cogeneration plants with their high energy efficiency contribute to climate change mitigation. Setting incentives for a swift switch to clean gases can best be done by defining an emission target connected to an average over the plant’s lifetime. A realistic threshold of 250g CO2e/kWhe on average over the lifetime of the plant (allocation of emissions to heat & electricity via the heat bonus method) provides such an ambitious target for the transition. This approach is in line with the energy lending policy of the European Investment Bank. 4. Electricity generation and the “do not significant harm” (DNSH) criteria of annex II The suggested threshold does not reflect the use of best available technologies power plants and the availability of clean gases today. GHG emissions depend on the CO2 content of the gaseous fuel and the plant efficiency. Accordingly, the DNSH criteria should reference the energy efficiency levels defined as best available techniques in the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1442. 5. Manufacture of multi-purpose (renewable) energy technologies to be treated adequately The delegated act does not provide a definition of renewable energy technologies. Gas engines are used with renewable as well as non-renewable gases. The Taxonomy must not penalise technologies that have different uses when these are used in renewable applications. 6. Manufacture of other low carbon and transitional technologies The manufacturing of future-proof technologies used in transitional activities needs to be included as enabling activity (Article 10(1), point (i)). Additional explanations on the points made above as well as specific amendments proposals are available in the attachment.
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Response to Revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2018/2001

21 Sept 2020

EUGINE & EUTurbines, the European Engine Power Plants Association & the European Association of Gas and Steam Turbines Manufacturers, welcome this opportunity to provide feedback. Gas power plants, be they generating electricity-only or both heat-cold & power (i.e. cogeneration plants), are fuel agnostic as long as some gas quality parameters are met. Gas engines are for example the preferred technology for converting biogas into renewable electricity and heat-cold. A gas turbine may be running for years on natural gas before switching to biomethane without technical modification. Already today, a number of gas engines and turbines are running on a mix of natural gas and high shares of hydrogen. Manufacturers of gas turbines and gas engines are working on providing technologies for 100% hydrogen by 2030 the latest. To achieve a new GHG emission reduction target of -55% by 2030, the EU needs to go beyond its traditional approach, mainly based on fostering installation of wind & solar technologies. It must find new solutions for a full power & heat-cold decarbonisation, while ensuring a reliable and cost-efficient energy system. If the EU is to achieve 100% renewable energy in the power sector, it is high time to incentivise electricity production from dispatchable renewable energy sources such as gas power plants running on biogas, biomethane, hydrogen and synthetic gaseous and liquid fuels (especially for islands not connected to gas grids). By backing up the variable renewables on demand and as long as necessary (unlike batteries), renewable gas power plants will be key assets of tomorrow’s energy system. The second most pressing challenge is to decarbonise the heat sector, be it heat supply for buildings or for industrial processes. Here electrification should not be an objective in itself as very good alternatives exist: renewable gas cogeneration plants, be they based on gas engine or gas turbine technologies, installed on site or connected to a district heating network, enable a very quick, efficient and reliable decarbonisation process of the heat sector. Our associations support therefore the proposed cost-effective deployment of “renewable synthetic liquid and gaseous fuels and green hydrogen”. This development should be quick, far-reaching and market-based: the European Union should avoid the “pick and choose” approach favouring certain sectors and technologies and make sure that renewable gases are available in sufficient quantities, at affordable cost and for all applications. As an example, the European Union should stop automatically connecting hydrogen to fuel cells and provide a similar support to other technologies for efficient hydrogen conversion such as gas engines or gas turbines. The two organisations are also backing the proposed “better use” of waste heat from industry and data centres where in most cases heat is produced by dispatchable thermal power plants. This should include the use from waste heat from industrial processes to produce additional power and increase their energy efficiency. To sum up, EUGINE and EUTurbines support the proposed option 2 (non-regulatory measures), option 3 (raising the ambition level) and a technology/fuel-neutral version of option 4 (EGD translation) which should not lead to the automatic electrification of certain applications but keep the door open to renewable gas based solutions for the decarbonisation of the power, heating-cooling and building sectors. Finally, EUGINE and EUTurbines would be pleased to further contribute to the European Commission’s preparatory work and are at its disposal for any question.
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Response to Review of Directive 2012/27/EU on energy efficiency

21 Sept 2020

The European Engine Power Plants Association (EUGINE) welcomes this opportunity to provide a feedback on the inception impact assessment regarding the review of the energy efficiency directive. The energy efficiency first principle requires giving priority to both demand and supply sides energy efficiency measures when available. While demand side efficiency has been under the spotlights for years, supply side efficiency has not been always given the attention it deserves. Cogeneration, the simultaneous generation of both electricity and thermal energy (heat/cold), represents an unmissable opportunity for increasing supply side efficiency: cogeneration units, be they based on the gas engine or gas turbine technology, may reach efficiency rates of 90% and more, by this reducing consumption and import of fossil fuels (i.e. when running on natural gas) and making a better use of scarce resources (i.e. when running on biogas). In both cases, cogeneration helps the EU achieve its climate and energy objectives. Beyond their advantage in terms of efficiency, cogeneration technologies contribute to the smooth functioning of Europe’s energy system: • Security of supply: delivering at any point in time, as a dispatchable resource for unlimited duration, perfectly teaming up with heat pumps and storage systems • Affordability: decentralised or even on-site energy production reduces the need for long-distance electricity transport and grid reinforcement costs • Flexibility: thanks to heat storage, cogeneration units follow electricity prices/needs, start and stop within minutes, several times a day, as soon as there is a gap, by this backing up less reliable variable renewable energy sources (wind & solar). The heat generated is stored in hot water tanks and may be dispatched to consumers some hours later. EUGINE shares the view that the European Energy Efficiency Directive has led in the EU Member States to different levels of support for energy efficiency measures in general and cogeneration in particular. A combination of Option 2 and 3 will be needed to fill the ambition gap. A suitable legislative framework and appropriate financial incentives to make energy supply more energy efficient thanks to cogeneration is needed: • in buildings: a minimum efficiency level could be set to avoid separate production of electricity and heat and stop energy wastage (ex. in large buildings, hospitals, swimming pools, sport centres…) • in industry: the potential of cogeneration units supplying electricity and heat/cold to industrial processes could be reinforced by connecting such units to the electricity grid and using them for demand side response, by this providing additional revenues to operators and flexibility to the electricity grid • for district heating: a switch of heat generation technologies from coal to gas and the renovation of heating networks are the quickest way to strongly increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions in many countries. Heat storage is playing here an increasing role to increase efficiency and flexibility when operating with variable renewables. Cogeneration technologies are usually running on natural gas and are compatible with renewable gases. To increase penetration of renewable energy and ensure a quick heat decarbonisation, the reviewed renewable energy directive could include a provision supporting the consumption of renewable gas by cogeneration plants, be it direct consumption (biogas), grid consumption (biomethane) or virtual consumption (with guarantees of origin). Increasing support for cogeneration will have two additional positive side-effects: reinforcing Europe’s technology leadership and fighting energy poverty by reducing energy consumption and the citizens’ energy bills. While Europe is facing an unprecedented crisis, both aspects should be given a special attention. Finally, in view of their experience of the topic, EUGINE would like to join the EED expert group and share expertise.
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Response to Revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

4 Sept 2020

EUGINE, the European engine power plants association, welcomes the opportunity to provide a feedback on the European Commission’s plans on waste water treatment and the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD). Waste water treatment plants (WWTPs) need significant amounts of energy to clean water. Although many of these plants are still relying on fossil fuels for powering this process, they could become a model for a circular, efficient and integrated energy system, an approach promoted by the European Union, if they were using a more forward-looking approach: as shown by the evaluation of the UWWTD, methane coming from sewage sludge may be captured, transformed into biogas, converted by cogeneration gas engines into heat and power and by this cover a large share of the WWTP energy needs. The references mentioned in the report, i.e. Marselisborg plant in Aarhus/Denmark and the Sofyska Voda WWTP in Sofia/Bulgaria, both relying on high efficiency cogeneration gas engines for converting the biogas, show important benefits in the fight against climate change, energy consumption and costs. Whereas directive 2018/2002 on energy efficiency includes some wordings on energy efficiency of WWTPs in recital 22, the directive does not include any concrete requirement for making progress in this field. EUGINE supports therefore the European Commission’s proposal that waste water treatment facilities have to undertake an energy audit, followed by recommendations and measures to improve energy efficiency and develop on-site renewable gas production and consumption. This could help WWTPs produce enough energy to cover (at least part of) their own needs or even sell electricity to the grid. This approach would fit particularly well with the expected EU methane strategy which intends to reduce methane emissions by capturing methane from various sources and converting it into useful energy, i.e. heat & power. As manufacturers of engine power plants used for biogas conversion, the EUGINE members know well this topic and would be pleased to provide additional details to support the European Commission’s work and help to transform harmful methane emissions into new sources of renewable electricity and heat, contributing by this to the achievement of the EU climate neutrality objective. EUGINE is the voice of the European engine power plants industry, representing the leading European manufacturers of this flexible, efficient, reliable and sustainable technology. Engine power plants are an optimal solution for both backing-up and generating renewable energy (e.g. with biogas). Cogeneration, the combined generation of power and heat/cold, is a typical engine power plant application providing highest efficiency. For more information please see www.eugine.eu
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Meeting with Kadri Simson (Commissioner) and

29 Jun 2020 · Decarbonisation of gas sector in Energy System Integration and Hydrogen Strategies, and recovery plan; EUGINE activities; positions on taxonomy; possible participation in hydrogen alliance.

Response to Commission Communication – "Renovation wave" initiative for the building sector

8 Jun 2020

EUGINE, the association of engine power plants manufacturers, appreciates the opportunity to comment on the roadmap entitled “A renovation wave initiative for public and private buildings”. To effectively implement the "energy efficiency first principle" and decisively reduce primary energy consumption, energy efficiency measures should tackle both the energy demand side and the energy supply side, which unfortunately is often forgotten. Our association is pleased that the “renovation wave roadmap” considers both sides, identifies the “limited uptake of energy efficiency, certain renewable and smart technologies” as an issue and that the initiative intends to look at “the development of renewables and heating and cooling solutions”. The “renovation wave” should adapt to the diversity of Europe’s buildings and take into account the specific needs of each of them: for buildings with significant consumption of both power and heat/cold, cogeneration may provide a highly energy-efficient solution, be it micro/small cogeneration units in buildings or larger cogeneration plants supplying buildings through district heating/cooling. Cogeneration gas engines, of all sizes, represent an optimal solution for such buildings as: - they offer highest energy efficiency levels (up to >90% efficiency), - are extremely flexible (very quick start/stop several times a day) to meet power needs of the building but also to keep the electricity grid balanced while integrating higher shares of electricity coming from variable renewable energy sources - and are increasingly compatible with renewable gases: already today, more than 17 000 cogeneration gas engines are running on biogas across Europe. Tomorrow more and more gas engines will be running on biomethane, synthetic methane and hydrogen (see first examples in Lampoldshausen, Haßfurt and Hamburg). As an example, due to their need for a reliable, cost-efficient and sustainable source of electricity, heat and cold, hospitals across Europe have often installed cogeneration gas engines. The “renovation wave” should help rolling-out energy efficient and renewable gas-ready technologies such as cogeneration gas engines contributing to the transition towards a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.
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Meeting with Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans)

13 Feb 2020 · Green Deal work programme: TEN E review, smart sector integration

Response to European Partnership for Clean Hydrogen

27 Aug 2019

EUGINE welcomes the preparatory work being performed in view of the creation of a stronger European Partnership on ‘Clean Hydrogen’. Hydrogen appears as one of the most promising solutions to meet the objectives of the Paris agreement, also in the heat & power generation sector. We fully support the intention to demonstrate advantages, scale up and reduce costs of hydrogen solutions. In view of the challenges that the development of a hydrogen-based energy system is facing, the described option 0 (“no partnership”) would be insufficient. In our view, a broad and ambitious European Partnership, be it co-programmed (option 1) or institutionalised (option 2), is established by the European Union. It is important to note that fuel cells represent only one of the solutions for efficiently converting hydrogen into useful energy. Larger-scale solutions are now emerging such as highly flexible gas engines. Already today several gas engines are being connected to power-to-gas installations and start running on (a share of) hydrogen. Other technologies may also be converted to hydrogen (ex. gas turbines). Therefore, the new partnership should absolutely go beyond fuel cells and involve all relevant energy conversion technologies including gas engines – which will play a key role for decarbonising electricity & heat production as well as for seasonal storage. Beyond hydrogen, hydrogen-based synthetic fuels such as synthetic methane are expected to play an important role. Methanol could represent an interesting solution for specific applications such as power generation on remote islands. Such kinds of renewables-based (liquid) fuels could be important for meeting climate neutrality targets in non-interconnected areas and should thus also be in the focus of the new European Partnership. To make the necessary steps forward, new kinds of players should be involved in the revisited European Partnership. This includes manufacturers of energy technologies which have not been in the focus of the FCH JU such as manufacturers of gas engines. EUGINE is the voice of the European engine power plants industry, representing the leading European manufacturers of this flexible, energy-efficient, reliable and environmentally sound technology. Engine power plants are an optimal solution for both backing-up and generating renewable energy (e.g. with biogas), cogeneration applications as well as to ensure security of supply.
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Meeting with Ivo Schmidt (Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič)

28 May 2019 · Green finance

Meeting with Silvia Bartolini (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

6 Mar 2018 · FP9

Response to Commission Regulation establishing a guideline on electricity balancing

23 Dec 2016

EUGINE is the centre of knowledge for engine power plant technology and electricity market design. Its members are the leading European manufacturers of engine power plants and their key components. As flexible, energy-efficient, reliable and environmentally sound technology, engine power plants are an optimal solution to offset growing variations and ensure security of supply. The intermittency, balancing and flexibility challenges are key for tomorrow’s EU power system. The proposed guideline on electricity balancing is an important step towards common rules for electricity balancing at EU level and solutions to these challenges; EUGINE particularly welcomes the article 19 banning balancing energy price floors and caps (except if set at VOLL). To make balancing markets and the overall energy system fit for the integration of increasing shares of variable renewables, ‘imbalance charges’ (penalty) should reflect the full costs for balancing the system and ‘utilisation fees’ should be based on actual marginal prices. ‘Reserves’ should be procured on a shorter-term basis (ideally: the day ahead or even shorter); EUGINE strongly supports the reduction of the Imbalance Settlement Period (ISP). However, current wording of article 55 ("ISP of 15 minutes") is not sufficient: the imbalance settlement period should be reduced to "5 minutes". If no consensus can be found on this value, it should be "equal to or shorter than 15 minutes". Moreover, in opposition to paragraph 2, no exemption should be possible, to avoid a patchwork of diverging rules. EUGINE would be pleased to further contribute to improving the balancing regulatory framework and remains at your disposal for any additional information.
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Meeting with Dominique Ristori (Director-General Energy)

26 Apr 2016 · energy policy

Meeting with Joachim Balke (Cabinet of Vice-President Miguel Arias Cañete)

12 Mar 2015 · Electricity Markets