{"id":16825,"date":"2025-07-01T11:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hh2.hu\/?p=16825"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:59:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:59:42","slug":"new-state-aid-framework-enables-support-for-clean-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hh2.hu\/en\/new-state-aid-framework-enables-support-for-clean-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"New State aid framework enables support for clean industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"16825\" class=\"elementor elementor-16825\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-400a496 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"400a496\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f93f698\" data-id=\"f93f698\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e8a1b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e8a1b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bruxelles.be_-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13898\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bruxelles.be_-scaled-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bruxelles.be_-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bruxelles.be_-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bruxelles.be_-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bruxelles.be_-scaled-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/bruxelles.be_-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4744368 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-equal-height-no\" data-id=\"4744368\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ec9e2dc\" data-id=\"ec9e2dc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fde528 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fde528\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The newly published Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF) reflects industry&#8217;s call for coherence and will contribute to ensuring the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) does not become an empty promise. The text commendably targets increased flexibility, broad thresholds, generous cumulation, priority for renewables, recognition for electricity produced from renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs), with flexibility on low-carbon hydrogen too. There is also a concerted alignment with the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) to ensure that system and supply-chain resilience are prioritised, bringing additional coherence.<\/p><p>Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Hydrogen Europe\u2019s CEO, stated: \u201c<em>DG COMP has sent a strong signal that Europe is serious about investment in clean tech and is ready to take its seat as a global energy transition leader. Higher aid ceilings for hydrogen production and use, flexible funding schemes, and accelerated depreciation together will help unlock the next wave of hydrogen projects and keep manufacturing capacity in Europe. It is essential that the Commission dedicates new financial resources for the sector to make this happen.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><p>The new framework simplifies and enhances current provisions:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Aid ceilings<\/strong> rise to 100% of eligible costs for RFNBO production via competitive bidding and to 60% for industrial hydrogen use when at least 40% per cent of the mix is renewable. Introduction of first RFNBO quotas.<\/li><li><strong>Accelerated depreciation<\/strong> will help end-users book hydrogen equipment quickly, whilst Member States can match foreign subsidies for strategic factories.<\/li><li><strong>Cumulation rules <\/strong>will allow CISAF to stack with the Innovation Fund, Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI), Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), and other instruments. Now, the entire hydrogen value chain, from electrolysers and storage to hydrogen-ready DRI reactors, is in scope.<\/li><\/ul><p>It is crucial that all uncertainties around permissible state aid are lifted to ensure the new rules can efficiently make clean-tech manufacturing and energy-intensive industries competitive and sustainable.<\/p><p>The Commission must now think long-term and align state aid with investment horizons: CISAF expires in 2030, well before most hydrogen assets reach mid-life. With no new EU-level cash and diverging national budgets, CISAF risks becoming a blunt instrument. Red tape must also be cut, especially for large projects which face extra administrative steps when they trigger funding-gap notifications. These measures will ensure the final CISAF becomes the catalyst Europe needs to build a resilient and competitive hydrogen economy.<\/p><p>For more info:<\/p><ul><li>European Commission&#8217;s press release:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_25_1598\">New State aid framework enables support for clean industry<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/hydrogeneurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Hydrogen-Europe-CISAF-consultation-response-20250424_FINAL.pdf\">Hydrogen Europe&#8217;s reply to CISAF public consultation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydrogeneurope.eu\/members-intranet\/files-list\/7532\/\">Hydrogen Europe members can access further analysis in HE&#8217;s Members Only Area (MOA)\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The newly published Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF) reflects industry&#8217;s call for coherence and will contribute to ensuring the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) does not become an empty promise. The text commendably targets increased flexibility, broad thresholds, generous cumulation, priority for renewables, recognition for electricity produced from renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs), with flexibility on low-carbon hydrogen too. There is also a concerted alignment with the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) to ensure that system and supply-chain resilience are prioritised, bringing additional coherence. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, Hydrogen Europe\u2019s CEO, stated: \u201cDG COMP has sent a strong signal that Europe is serious about investment in clean tech and is ready to take its seat as a global energy transition leader. Higher aid ceilings for hydrogen production and use, flexible funding schemes, and accelerated depreciation together will help unlock the next wave of hydrogen projects and keep manufacturing capacity in Europe. It is essential that the Commission dedicates new financial resources for the sector to make this happen.\u201d The new framework simplifies and enhances current provisions: Aid ceilings rise to 100% of eligible costs for RFNBO production via competitive bidding and to 60% for industrial hydrogen use when at least 40% per cent of the mix is renewable. Introduction of first RFNBO quotas. Accelerated depreciation will help end-users book hydrogen equipment quickly, whilst Member States can match foreign subsidies for strategic factories. Cumulation rules will allow CISAF to stack with the Innovation Fund, Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI), Connecting Europe Facility (CEF), and other instruments. Now, the entire hydrogen value chain, from electrolysers and storage to hydrogen-ready DRI reactors, is in scope. It is crucial that all uncertainties around permissible state aid are lifted to ensure the new rules can efficiently make clean-tech manufacturing and energy-intensive industries competitive and sustainable. The Commission must now think long-term and align state aid with investment horizons: CISAF expires in 2030, well before most hydrogen assets reach mid-life. With no new EU-level cash and diverging national budgets, CISAF risks becoming a blunt instrument. Red tape must also be cut, especially for large projects which face extra administrative steps when they trigger funding-gap notifications. These measures will ensure the final CISAF becomes the catalyst Europe needs to build a resilient and competitive hydrogen economy. For more info: European Commission&#8217;s press release:\u00a0New State aid framework enables support for clean industry Hydrogen Europe&#8217;s reply to CISAF public consultation Hydrogen Europe members can access further analysis in HE&#8217;s Members Only Area (MOA)\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":16817,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eu.png",447,333,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eu-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eu-300x223.png",300,223,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eu.png",447,333,false],"large":["https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eu.png",447,333,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eu.png",447,333,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eu.png",447,333,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/hh2.hu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/eu-16x12.png",16,12,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Lakatos Attila","author_link":"https:\/\/hh2.hu\/en\/author\/lakatos-attila-2\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The newly published Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF) reflects industry&#8217;s call for coherence and will contribute to ensuring the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) does not become an empty promise. 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