Page 47 - European Energy Innovation magazine - autumn 2022 edition

Autumn 2022 European Energy Innovation
RENEWABLE ENERGY 47

Using the European Parliament’s

recent support of innovative

renewables to transform the

energy industry

By Wolfram Sparber (pictured)

streamlined permitting processes and ETS Innovation Fund. A final version of [Improve] in a least one way
regulatory sandboxes encouraging the list would then be published and comparable state-of-the-art
(for example) the combination of soon after measures implemented. renewable energy technologies
technologies with complementary or [make] exploitable a largely
characteristics. A 3-year revision cycle seems like untapped renewable energy
the right balance between ensuring resource and involves a clear
Keep the measures trained on the the list is up-to-date and the degree of risk, in technological,
right technologies administrative burden of running the market or financial terms, which
What is “innovative” today will consultation process and tailoring is higher than the risk generally
likely not be innovative in 3 years. supporting measures. The preparation associated with comparable non-
A process is needed to periodically of lists or updates could be made innovative technologies or activities
revisit the list of specific technologies to fit the 5-year National Energy
falling under the definition of and Climate Plan cycle or a new Box 1: ITRE’s definition of an
“innovative” (see Box 1). process under the Strategic Energy “innovative renewable energy
Technology (SET) Plan (see Box 2). technology” borrowing language
We envisage the Member States NECPs require Member States to from the Guidelines on State
consulting on a first draft of their detail their planned deployments of aid for climate, environmental
protection and energy 2022. It
list, i.e. considering comments from renewable energy technology and combines three notions. The
the renewable energy community the policies for realisation. They third of these is “risk”, including
(or wider) and accepting valid ones. can make a special effort to do this “market risk” which differs from
Evaluation by peers is the tried-and- for advanced technology, too, for country to country and would
tested means to judge the innovative example under the R&I dimension, allow a country not considered
“innovative” in one country to
quality of proposals in major EU which the European Commission be considered “innovative” in
programmes like Horizon Europe and wrote in 2020 was neglected. another.

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