EU: CEF Energy – three new projects obtain the status to join the CB RES list

The European Commission has announced today that three more projects have obtained the status required to be part of the List of Renewable Energy Cross-border Projects (CB RES list) under the Connecting Europe Facility for Energy (CEF Energy). The list, launched for the first time in August 2022 and updated in September 2023, has now a total of eight projects.

The three new projects joining the list are:

• PONTIS (Progressing On reNewable energy Transfer for International Supply in a connected Europe): it aims to push the building-up of an integrated, cross-border renewable hydrogen supply chain in Europe to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy and the development of a market for green hydrogen and its transport through Europe. 
• BEI – Bornholm Energy Island: The BEI aims at two offshore wind farms and two interconnectors from the converter station to Denmark and to Germany, allowing for the trading and sharing of surplus electricity. The transmission infrastructure of BEI would be hybrid, meaning that it would function as connection of the concessionaires on offshore wind production connected to BEI as well as interconnection capacity used for trade between Denmark and Germany. 
• TMNHSA (BG-RO) Project – The Turnu Magurele-Nikopol Hydraulic Structures Assembly: a major cross-border initiative between Romania and Bulgaria, it aims at using the hydropower potential of the Danube River while focusing on environmental sustainability, renewable energy generation and localities and industries’ needs. The project contributes to the joint commitment by Bulgaria and Romania to achieve EU’s sustainable energy objectives and foster enhanced regional collaboration.

These projects will help to fill a gap of regional renewable electricity production, contribute to an open electricity market, increase Europe’s energy independence, and reduce fossil fuel consumption by decarbonizing the energy sector.