The new plan can ensure that this previously underutilised technological lever receives policy attention. This briefing “An Electrification Action Plan To Secure EU Industry’s Future Towards A Supportive Policy Framework” by E3G argues that industrial electrification can contribute to addressing a range of the EU’s top concerns, and can become a core pillar of the Clean Industrial Deal.
E3G recommends that the proposed Action Plan sets out a vision for ramping up direct electrification in the industrial sector. It should form a core part of the announced Clean Industrial Deal, and be backed by three sets of instruments:
> Technology deployment and monitoring – such as adopting a manufacturing plan for electrification technologies; monitoring their development; creating dedicated funding instruments for manufacturing and deployment (Innovation Fund, IPCEI).
> Governance and planning – such as establishing an Industrial Electrification Alliance; setting an aspirational target for direct electrification of industrial process heat; making electrification indicators mandatory in National Climate and Energy Plans; facilitating an integrated approach to infrastructure planning.
> Electricity pricing – such as finalising the Energy Taxation Directive; improving the efficiency and integration of EU electricity markets; ensuring any potential short-term electricity price support is weighed up against political trade-offs.
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