{"id":20476,"date":"2026-05-13T17:26:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/?p=20476"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T15:27:13","slug":"e5-billion-german-state-aid-scheme-to-support-decarbonisation-of-industry-cleared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/e5-billion-german-state-aid-scheme-to-support-decarbonisation-of-industry-cleared\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20ac5 Billion German State Aid Scheme to Support Decarbonisation of Industry Cleared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 7 May 2026, the European Commission approved a <strong>\u20ac5 billion German State aid scheme<\/strong> to support the <strong>decarbonisation of industrial production <\/strong>(<strong>\u201cScheme\u201c<\/strong>). The Scheme aims to help industrial companies reduce greenhouse gas emissions and accelerate the transition to cleaner and more sustainable production processes. The projects supported under the Scheme will be in sectors covered under the ETS, including steel and other metals, plaster, glass and ceramics, paper and pulp, cement, lime or chemicals.<\/p>\n<p>Eligible projects under the Scheme <strong>must involve fundamental technological changes and replace fossil fuels or raw materials with low-carbon alternatives<\/strong> such as electrification, hydrogen, carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon capture and use (CCU), the use of biomethane, as well as heat recovery and storage. Projects will be selected through <strong>a competitive bidding process based on their cost efficiency<\/strong>, measured as the aid requested per tonne of avoided CO<sub>2<\/sub>\u00a0emissions. <strong>Projects must deliver substantial emission reductions<\/strong>, including at least 50% within four years and 85% by the end of the contract period in 15 years. Such reductions will be assessed against reference systems reflecting the most efficient conventional production technologies in the relevant sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The aid will take the form of\u00a0<strong>two-way carbon contracts for difference<\/strong>\u00a0with a duration of 15 years. Beneficiaries will receive annual payments linked to market developments, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climate.ec.europa.eu\/eu-action\/carbon-markets\/eu-emissions-trading-system-eu-ets_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)<\/a>\u00a0allowances or energy input prices, compared to conventional technologies. <strong>The measure only covers the additional costs of cleaner production processes.<\/strong> If these become cheaper to operate, beneficiaries will have to reimburse the difference.<\/p>\n<p>More information will be made available under the case number SA.122980 in the <a href=\"https:\/\/competition-cases.ec.europa.eu\/search\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State aid register<\/a> on the Commission&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/competition-policy.ec.europa.eu\/index_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">competition website<\/a> once any confidentiality issues have been resolved. New publications of State aid decisions on the internet and in the Official Journal are listed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/newsroom\/comp\/newsletter-archives\/view\/service\/2012\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Competition Weekly e\u2011News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 7 May 2026, the European Commission approved a \u20ac5 billion German State aid scheme to support the decarbonisation of industrial production (\u201cScheme\u201c). &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/e5-billion-german-state-aid-scheme-to-support-decarbonisation-of-industry-cleared\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>\u010c\u00edst v\u00edce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","iawp_total_views":0},"categories":[577],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20477,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20476\/revisions\/20477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}