{"id":132360,"date":"2024-07-15T07:50:11","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T04:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/commission-approves-e122-million-lithuanian-state-aid-measure-to-support-ab-achema-decarbonise-its-fertiliser-production\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T07:50:11","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T04:50:11","slug":"commission-approves-e122-million-lithuanian-state-aid-measure-to-support-ab-achema-decarbonise-its-fertiliser-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/news\/commission-approves-e122-million-lithuanian-state-aid-measure-to-support-ab-achema-decarbonise-its-fertiliser-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Commission approves \u20ac122 million Lithuanian State aid measure to support AB Achema decarbonise its fertiliser production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132360\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\nThe European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a \u20ac122 million Lithuanian measure to support AB Achema in decarbonising its fertiliser production processes. The measure will contribute to the achievement of the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the European Green Deal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan targets, while helping to end dependence on Russian fossil fuels in line with the REPowerEU Plan.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Lithuanian measure<\/em><br \/>\nLithuania notified to the Commission a \u20ac122 million measure to support AB Achema&#8217;s project aimed at replacing fossil-based hydrogen by renewable and low-carbon hydrogen in its fertiliser production processes. The measure will be made available through the Just Transition Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The aid will take form of a direct grant to support the installation a 171 MW alkaline electrolyser at AB Achema&#8217;s production site in the Kaunas region of Lithuania. Currently, AB Achema uses natural gas-based hydrogen to produce ammonia, a key input in the production of fertilisers. The electrolyser will produce renewable and low-carbon hydrogen that will be used to produce ammonia. The hydrogen produced by the electrolyser will replace 30% of the hydrogen currently produced from natural gas, thereby reducing carbon dioxide (\u2018CO2&#8242;) emissions and demand for natural gas.<\/p>\n<p>The electrolyser is envisaged to start operating in 2026. Once completed, the project is expected to avoid the release of at least 5.8 million tonnes of CO2 over the 19 years of expected operation of the electrolyser. AB Achema committed to actively share the experience and technical know-how gained as a result of the project through publications and conferences to contribute to the deployment of clean technologies in the fertilisers industry.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Commission&#8217;s assessment<\/em><br \/>\nThe Commission assessed the measure under EU State aid rules, in particular Article 107(3)(c) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (\u2018TFEU&#8217;), which enables Member States to support the development of certain economic activities subject to certain conditions, and the the Guidelines on State aid for climate, environmental protection and energy (\u2018CEEAG&#8217;), which allow Member States to support measures reducing or removing CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission found that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The measure facilitates the development of an economic activity, namely the production of fertilisers through low-carbon processes.<\/li>\n<li>At the same time, it supports the objectives of key EU policy initiatives such as the European Green Deal, the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the Green Deal Industrial Plan and the REPowerEU Plan.<\/li>\n<li>The aid has an \u2018incentive effect&#8217;, as the beneficiary would not invest in the electrolyser without the public support.<\/li>\n<li>The measure is necessary and appropriate to promote the production of fertilisers with reduced CO2 footprint. In addition, it is proportionate, as the level of the aid corresponds to the effective financing needs.<\/li>\n<li>The measure has sufficient safeguards to ensure that undue distortions of competition are limited. In particular, if the project turns out to be very successful, generating extra net revenues, the beneficiary will return to Lithuania part of the aid received (claw-back mechanism). Moreover, the beneficiary will disseminate the technical know-how gained as a result of the project.<\/li>\n<li>The aid brings about positive effects that outweigh any potential distortion of competition and trade in the EU.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On this basis, the Commission approved the Lithuanian measure under EU State aid rules.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/commission\/presscorner\/detail\/en\/ip_24_3747\">European Commission<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/commission-approves-e122-million-lithuanian-state-aid-measure-to-support-ab-achema-decarbonise-its-fertiliser-production\/\">Commission approves \u20ac122 million Lithuanian State aid measure to support AB Achema decarbonise its fertiliser production<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[575,15277,15278],"class_list":["post-132360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-fertiliser-production","tag-lithuanian-state"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}