EU Funds Five Cross-Border Renewable Energy Projects Across Five Countries
Key Ideas
- Five new Actions selected to support cross-border renewable projects in five EU countries: Estonia, Latvia, The Netherlands, Germany, and Poland.
- Projects include offshore and onshore wind, biomass, district heating, and green hydrogen/ammonia initiatives.
- CEF Energy provides significant financial support to carry out technical studies, construction works, and transformation towards deep decarbonisation.
- The total funding awarded to the projects amounts to EUR 67.4 million from the CB RES window under CEF Energy.
The 2023 CEF Energy call for works and studies for cross-border renewable energy projects has led to the selection of five new Actions that aim to support the delivery of such projects. The awarded Actions involve five EU countries – Estonia, Latvia, The Netherlands, Germany, and Poland – and cover sectors like offshore and onshore wind, biomass, district heating, and green hydrogen/ammonia. Notable projects include SLOWP, which focuses on building an offshore wind park in Estonian coastal waters by 2030, and ULP-RES, aiming to establish a greenfield onshore wind farm in Estonia and Latvia. Another project, UNITED HEAT, targets deep decarbonisation of district heat production in Görlitz/Zgorzelec, with funding for technical studies and works on biomass heating and district heating infrastructure. The CICERONE-Ammonia project, part of a wider initiative, plans to create a renewable hydrogen value chain in Europe, integrating renewables from Spain. These initiatives, supported by a total of EUR 67.4 million from the CB RES window under CEF Energy, play a crucial role in promoting cross-border cooperation in renewable energy and contributing to the EU's decarbonisation strategy and energy market integration.