The European Fee has added 5 to the record of cross-border renewable power tasks (CB RES) eligible for financing underneath the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Vitality program, increasing the record to 13 tasks.
“The 5 tasks, because of the official CB RES standing, are actually eligible for monetary assist for research and works underneath the CEF Vitality Program”, the Fee stated in an announcement on its web site.
“Moreover, they profit from larger visibility, elevated investor certainty and stronger assist from member states”.
The newly acknowledged tasks contain the Baltic states, North Africa, Germany, Poland and Portugal.
To rise on the Estonian facet of the Baltic Sea, the Liivi Bay Offshore Wind Farm shall be radially linked to the nationwide grid with a capability of 1 gigawatt (GW). It’s anticipated to go surfing 2031.
“The wind farm will contribute to Estonia’s objective of manufacturing 100% of electrical energy from renewable sources by 2030, whereas additionally supporting Latvia’s power transition”, the Fee stated.
Straddling the Latvia-Lithuania border, the onshore Utilitas Eleja-Jonisķis Wind Park is anticipated to ship 200 megawatts from 2028.
“The venture is strategically positioned to hook up with the 330 kV Viskaļi-Musa transmission line, enhancing regional grid stability and power independence”, the Fee stated.
In the meantime the Twin Warmth venture will decarbonize the district heating techniques of the dual cities of Slubice, Poland, and Frankfurt, Germany. Renewables-based heating infrastructure enabling cross-border warmth alternate shall be put in.
The newest additions to the CB RES record additionally embrace a analysis venture that “paves the best way for groundwork for future cross-border deployment of floating offshore wind power in Portugal in a cooperation with Luxembourg”, the Fee stated.
“It is going to assess offshore wind zones, grid reinforcements and public sale fashions, serving to to unlock as much as 10 GW of offshore wind capability in Portugal. The venture additionally fosters collaboration round inexperienced hydrogen, port infrastructure and power system planning”.
Medlink Renewable Era, a “landmark North-South cooperation venture”, rounds up the newly acknowledged tasks. It goals to construct 10 GW of photo voltaic and wind capability with battery power storage techniques in Algeria and Tunisia.
“Two 2 GW HVDC interconnectors will export as much as 22.8 TWh/12 months of fresh electrical energy to Italy (outdoors the scope of the CB RES venture)”, the Fee stated of the North African tasks.
“This adopted record is now submitted to the European Parliament and the Council for a two-month interval of scrutiny (this era could also be prolonged by an extra two-month interval upon their request) and it’ll solely be formally printed within the Official Journal after this era, and enter into drive 20 days later”, it stated.
On September 2 the Fee was scheduled to launch a brand new name for purposes to hitch the CB RES record.
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