The funding will support two German–Polish district heating projects and one onshore wind park near the Latvia–Lithuania border. More in detail, €70 million will help develop a climate-neutral district heating system in the cities of Görlitz in Germany and Zgorzelec in Poland; while more than €11 million will help replacing coal-fired units in Słubice, in Poland, with sustainable biomass boilers and start a deep decarbonisation of Frankfurt’s district heating. Lastly, over €44 million have been allocated to a project aimed to build around 30 wind turbines and produce up to 680 GWh of renewable electricity per year, integrating more renewables into the Baltic electricity system.
This is a key contribution to build our Energy Union. These projects will play a vital role in enhancing cooperation between Member States, boosting the deployment of renewables, strengthening the EU’s energy security and, as a result, Europe’s competitiveness.
The new CEF programme facilitates financial support to foster EU Member State cooperation in the field of renewable energy. It introduces, in particular, the concept of cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy. In order to meet the EU decarbonisation targets, the EU Member States committed to collectively achieve a share of renewable energy in the EU’s final energy consumption by 2030.
This share is 42.5% binding target and additional 2.5% aspirational target according to the revised Renewable Energy Directive. To qualify as a cross-border renewables project and benefit from funding, a project must fulfil the criteria set out in the CEF Regulation, which refers to the existence of a cooperation arrangement between EU countries, as well as the cost savings and potential overall net-benefits that the project would provide. The next CEF Energy call for cross-border renewable energy project proposals is expected in November 2026.
Source: European Commission
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