The European Commission will introduce more "flexibility" when it comes to meeting targets for CO2 emissions from new cars and vans. This is according to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. According to von der Leyen, however, this does not mean that the European Commission is relaxing its climate goals.
- With today's initiative, we are giving more flexibility to this key sector. And at the same time, we are staying on track towards our climate goals, says von der Leyen and elaborates:
- Together, we want to prove that decarbonization and competitiveness can go hand in hand.
The proposal comes after European car manufacturers have criticized EU rules in the climate field, among other areas, for putting them at a disadvantage in global competition. Specifically, the change to the regulation will allow carmakers to have their CO2 targets for 2025, 2026 and 2027 assessed as an average instead of annually. In other words, carmakers do not have to meet the 2025 target if they catch up in the last part of the three-year period.
- Europe is committed to supporting the automotive industry in its transition, and today's flexibility in compliance will help ensure that the industry can invest while maintaining the overall ambition for CO2 emissions, said EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport, Apostolos Tzitzikostas.
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The European Commission will introduce more "flexibility" when it comes to meeting targets for CO2 emissions from new cars and vans. This is according to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. According to von der Leyen, however, this does not mean that the European Commission is relaxing its climate goals.
- With today's initiative, we are giving more flexibility to this key sector. And at the same time, we are staying on track towards our climate goals, says von der Leyen and elaborates:
- Together, we want to prove that decarbonization and competitiveness can go hand in hand.
The proposal comes after European car manufacturers have criticized EU rules in the climate field, among other areas, for putting them at a disadvantage in global competition. Specifically, the change to the regulation will allow carmakers to have their CO2 targets for 2025, 2026 and 2027 assessed as an average instead of annually. In other words, carmakers do not have to meet the 2025 target if they catch up in the last part of the three-year period.
- Europe is committed to supporting the automotive industry in its transition, and today's flexibility in compliance will help ensure that the industry can invest while maintaining the overall ambition for CO2 emissions, said EU Commissioner for Sustainable Transport, Apostolos Tzitzikostas.
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The energy group Ewii placed an order for several large battery systems during 2023. Those systems are now being built, and within six months Ewii will have batteries with a total capacity of 47 MW and 63 MWh spread across the country.
- New systems are needed for handling the increasing amount of green energy. In Ewii, we have seen an exciting opportunity in establishing battery storage systems that can support Energinet, the local network companies and the green transition. We have built up expertise, and with the capacity we are now rolling out, we will become a leader in the Danish market, says Claus Møller, director of Commercial Infrastructure at Ewii.
For the time being, Ewii is investing approximately a quarter of a billion. DKK in the battery investment. The energy group's first battery on Funen was approved in the autumn to supply so-called system services to Energinet.
Denmark's largest to Bornholm
The largest of Ewii's batteries will be located on Bornholm, where it will also provide system services. Ewii has just started to establish the battery as a neighbor to the high-voltage station near Hasle. It has a capacity of 30 MW and 43 MWh.
There are several reasons why Ewii has chosen western Bornholm for what will be Denmark's largest battery plant to date. One of them is that Bornholm is supplied with electricity via a submarine cable to Sweden, and the people of Bornholm have experienced black-outs when there have been breaks or problems with the submarine cable.
- Ewii's battery would be able to keep the whole of Bornholm running with electricity for about an hour. If the submarine cable fails, the battery could quickly connect and supply the island while boilers at the local power plant heat up. It is not a current option at first, but we hope that in time it will be a solution that will benefit the people of Bornholm, says Claus Møller.
The battery on Bornholm will be commissioned during the second half of 2024.
Batteries throughout the country
Ewii is also in the process of establishing a battery system of three MW and 3.5 MWh in Korsør. In addition, construction of a similar system has just begun at the group's head office in Kolding.
In addition, a battery system Lindø Offshore Renewables Center in Munkebo is gradually being built, which will have a total output of eight MW and 9.2 MWh.
- Our batteries don't look like much. They look like ordinary containers, but the importance they have for the stability of the Danish electricity grid, which will be increasingly challenged in the future - and for Ewii - should not be mistaken. It really is a technology that can help the green transition, concludes Claus Møller.
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