{"id":611258,"date":"2025-12-04T08:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611258\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T08:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:29:14","slug":"groups-call-for-carbon-footprint-rules-for-eus-battery-value-chain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/611258\/","title":{"rendered":"Groups call for carbon footprint rules for EU\u2019s battery value chain"},"content":{"rendered":"

Groups including T&E, Anyos, Skeleton, Talga, Eies, Vulcan Energy and others have contributed to a letter calling on the EU to agree to carbon footprint rules that can support the development of Europe\u2019s battery<\/a> value chain.<\/p>\n

The groups made the call ahead of the implementation of the EU Battery Booster, which will dedicate up to \u20ac3 billion to electric vehicle battery manufacturing, \u20ac1.8 billion in funding for battery manufacturers, and an additional \u20ac200 million to support innovative battery manufacturing projects across the bloc.<\/p>\n

\u2018A make-or-break moment\u2019<\/p>\n

According to the letter, which was penned to St\u00e9phane S\u00e9journ\u00e9, Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, and Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for Environment, Water Resilience, and a Competitive Circular Economy, the European battery industry is experiencing a \u2018true make-or-break moment\u2019, which will require \u2018strong policies\u2019 to ensure investment certainty.<\/p>\n

\u2018If gotten right, battery carbon footprint<\/a> rules can serve as a key lever in this regard, rewarding local manufacturing,\u2019 they state. \u2018However, instead, significant delays are leading to stalled investments in Europe, where companies need visibility to take final investment decisions and scale battery factories effectively. In the meantime, blocked negotiations only serve to divide both EU member states and the industry.<\/p>\n

\u2018The key objective of the battery carbon footprint should be to capitalise on the increasingly clean EU grid in order to improve the competitive position of EU battery manufacturing as a whole.\u2019<\/p>\n

Low-emission grid<\/p>\n

Noting that the EU\u2019s electricity grid is at least a fifth greener than that of China, the groups argue that the carbon footprint rules should take advantage of the emissions<\/a> profile of the grid, with a methodology based on the EU-wide grid average likely to strengthen the position of domestic manufacturers.<\/p>\n

National grid averages, however, would \u2018distort the internal market\u2019, while power purchase agreements would weaken the comparative advantage of the EU over other regions, they state.<\/p>\n

\u2018With this in mind, we are calling on Member States and the European Commission<\/a> to agree to a fair and ambitious compromise that can support the development of Europe\u2019s battery value chain, as soon as possible,\u2019 the letter reads. \u2018We, the signatories, propose using the EU electricity grid average as a compromise between all sides, and in support of the wider EU cleantech industrial agenda.\u2019 Read more here<\/a><\/strong> and here<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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