New Energies Coalition
NEC
Following our creation announced in July 20202, we would like to take a new step in our joint ambition to accelerate the development of energies and technologies sustaining new, lower-carbon models in transport and logistics to reach carbon neutral objectives.
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Lobbying Activity
Response to Sustainable transport investment plan
4 Sept 2025
The New Energies Coalition welcomes the upcoming Sustainable Transport Investment Plan (STIP) as a vital step toward accelerating the decarbonization of the transport sector for shipping, aviation, road and inland waterways. Transport is the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union, accounting for nearly 31% of total EU emissions (source: IEA). Achieving climate neutrality by 2050 will require a 90% reduction in transport-related emissions. At the same time, Europes transport sector remains one of the most dynamic and competitive globally, home to leading international players. Its competitiveness must be preserved as part of the green transition. The Draghi report estimates that the investments needed for decarbonization are 61 billion per year for aviation and 39 billion per year for the maritime sector from 2031 to 2050. Facing such amounts, public and private alliances should be promoted where EU grants, EIB investments, national efforts and private efforts should be combined to derisk investments and unlock actions. Although technological innovation is progressing, many proposed solutions particularly in the aviation and maritime sectors still face uncertainty, or will take longer than expected to be implemented as electrification for vehicles. To meet Europes climate ambitions, investment must be significantly increased and strategically directed to ensure the development of a fair, sustainable, and accessible mobility system for all. By 2030, the European transport sector must reach a target of 29% renewable energy use or a 14.5% reduction in carbon intensity. This means that nearly one out of every four to five liters (or tons) of energy used in transport will need to come from renewable sources in less than five years. Now is the time to accelerate and prioritize investments in renewable fuels and clean transport technologies.
Read full responseMeeting with Annika Kroon (Head of Unit Mobility and Transport) and EUROGAS and
24 Jun 2025 · Certification of Biomethane in Europe
Response to Greenhouse gas emissions savings methodology for low-carbon fuels
25 Oct 2024
As part of the New Energies Coalition, CMA CGM Group, ELENGY and ARCELOR MITTAL joined forces to submit their shared comments on this draft delegated specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low carbon fuels. As key industrial players, we are particularly attentive to EU proposed methodologies for assessing greenhouse gas emissions of low carbon fuels. Indeed, EU rules have a strong impact on the available volume of marine alternative fuels and price. We welcome this delegated act specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas savings from low-carbon fuels. In particular: - a methodology based on the assessment of entire life cycle emissions and precise accounting of upstream methane emissions to guarantee the most sustainable fuels for buyers. - the recognition of fuels produced from carbon capture as low carbon fuels. - the confirmation of the 70% reduction in GHG intensity threshold with no additional sub-thresholds. - the recognition of capture and storage of emissions as a reduction of emissions where these are permanently stored in a geological storage site. We however regret a missing methodology for energy source from nuclear power. Last but not least, it is important to recall that the current Union Data Base design to be used for biomethane and gaseous excludes the possibility of relying on non-EU country grid for transport. We encourage the European Commission to resolve this issue as soon as possible to allow access to those types of low carbon fuels. Therefore, we call on the European Commission to: - include a methodology that recognizes a specific carbon content from nuclear PPAs, in line with the EUs position on nuclear energy endorsed with the EU Taxonomy Complementary Climate Delegated Act adopted in 2022. - include a clause protecting first movers that are investing in low carbon fuels and long-lasting industrial projects, from any future revision of the RFNBO/RCF GHG Methodology Delegated Act changing the Fossil Fuel Comparator. Finally, we encourage the European Commission to accelerate the set-up of low-carbon fuels certification schemes to boost the necessary development of Low Carbon Fuels project
Read full responseResponse to Carbon capture utilisation and storage deployment
31 Aug 2023
New Energies Coalition welcomes the opportunity to comment on the European Commissions call for evidence on CCUS. Les systèmes de CCUS (Carbone Capture Utilization and Storage) concernent également le secteur du transport maritime car ils font partie dun ensemble de solutions possibles permettant datteindre les objectifs de réductions de CO2 fixés à la fois par lUnion Européenne et par lIMO, notamment pour les navires qui ne pourront pas être retrofittés ou renouvelés rapidement. En effet, en lien avec les recommandations des panels dexperts scientifiques (IEA, IPCC, NETL) qui considèrent que sans ces dispositifs, il sera difficile datteindre les objectifs de laccord de Paris permettant de limiter la hausse des températures en dessous des 2°C, nous étudions la possibilité davoir recours à ces dispositifs à bord de certains navires de la flotte de commerce pendant une période de transition en attendant le renouvellement complet de la flotte mondiale. En ce sens, lUE doit : 1. Soutenir le développement dinfrastructures terrestres complémentaires au développement des technologies de CCUS à bord de navires, 2. Mettre en place les réglementations associées au développement de ces nouvelles technologies 3. Favoriser un business model viable pour ces dispositifs de CCUS encore à létat de R&D avec notamment un accès à des mécanisme de soutien européens pour accélérer ladoption de cette solution sur les navires existants et non retrofittables à court terme
Read full responseResponse to Net Zero Industry Act
27 Jun 2023
NEW ENERGIES Coalition welcomes the proposal for a Net Zero Industry Act as it marks the EUs recognition of the need to act in response to anti-competitive measures that are increasingly threatening its industry. While the Coalition supports the overarching objectives of the upcoming proposal, the following remarks are intended to suggest improvements on the discussions and strengthening of the regulation.
Read full response17 Jun 2022
The Coalition for the energies of tomorrow in Transport and Supply Chain welcomes the recent draft delegated act from the European Commission (EC) “establishing a minimum threshold for greenhouse gas emissions savings of recycled carbon fuels and by specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from renewable liquid and gaseous transport fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBO) and from recycled carbon fuels (RCF)”. The Coalition considers this act as critical to enable the deployment of RFNBO - including hydrogen - as it will have deep implications for the Renewable Energy Directive and the Hydrogen and Gas Package.
Through this paper, the Coalition would like to put forward recommendations to ensure a credible reporting of the GHG footprint of RFNBO and RCF.
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