Stakeholders from across the European maritime value chain have sent a joint letter to EU authorities calling for an ambitious FuelEU Maritime Regulation.
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FuelEU Maritime is the European Union’s legislation on alternative fuels for the maritime sector and the letter notes that the FuelEU Maritime Regulation will be crucial for setting the course for the future development of the maritime industry.
Representing the entire value chain of green fuels including suppliers, users, and maritime technology enablers, the signatories note that in shipping, the main challenge is to replace fossil fuels with climate-friendly alternatives, notably in the form of green hydrogen-based fuels.
Thus the FuelEU Maritime Regulation will be crucial for setting the course for the future development of the maritime industry.
To achieve the necessary goal of decarbonizing shipping, it must proactively and consistently set incentives and a sufficient level of ambition.
Specifically, the letter calls on EU negotiators to:
- Immediately introduce both stronger GHG intensity limits and promote the use of e-fuels through a multiplier;
- Maintain the proposed binding 2 percent sub-quota for renewable fuels of non-biological origin (RFNBOs);
- Apply the sub-quota to all shipping companies;
- Reward investments in net-zero emission vessels, and;
- Financially support the fuel and technological transition.
Additionally, the letter notes that the “FuelEU Maritime Regulation has the potential to set the necessary regulatory preconditions for the decarbonization of the shipping sector. The signatories call on the co-legislators to fully seize this opportunity to make the European industry a global leader in green shipping by raising the ambitions of the GHG intensity limits and promoting the uptake of green, sustainable e-fuels via a dedicated binding sub-quota. This should go hand in hand with matching targets on fuel suppliers and ports to ensure the availability of green e-fuels.”
The 47 signatories include associations such as Danish Shipping (Danish Shipowners’s Association), Brintbranchen (Hydrogen Denmark), eFuel Alliance, Global Alliance Powerfuels, Hydrogen Europe, Maritime Plattform, Methanol Institute (MI), MEW Mittelständische Energiewirtschaft Deutschland e.V., Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, SEA Europe, Vätgas Sverige (Hydrogen Sweden), WaterstofNet (Hydrogen Flanders and Netherlands), 2030- sekretariatet, along with companies: Alba Emission Free Energy S.A., Alcogroup SA, Amon Maritime, Amon Offshore, AustriaEnergy, Azane Fuel Solutions, Blue World Technologies, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, DFDS, Elyse Energy, Energy Observer, Europe Technologies CIAM, Helion Hydrogen Power by Alstom, HIF, HØST PtX Esbjerg, Hycamite, Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies, Hy24, Ineratec, Infinium Operations, Liquid Wind, LMG Marin France, MGH Energy, Nordic Electrofuel, OBRIST Technologies GmbH, PM Motor Fuel Cell GmbH, Port of Roenne, Siemens Energy AG, St1, Topsoe, Ula Ship Management, Viridis Bulk Carriers, Walter Tosto, Yara International.