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General Secretariat of the Council
To:
Working Party on Energy
Subject:
Guidance to support implementation of the revised Renewable Energy Directive -
presentation
Delegations will find in the annex the presentation on the Guidance to support implementation of the
revised Renewable Energy Directive.
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Guidance to support implementation of
the revised Renewable Energy Directive
Council Energy WP, 10 Sept. 2024
Renewables & Energy System Integration Policy
Directorate-General for Energy

Guidance on energy system
integration (Article 20a)

Scope of Article 20a(1) and (2)
• Obligation for TSOs and, if possible for DSOs, to make available
data on the share of RES electricity and the GHG emissions of
the electricity supplied (close to real time).
• Member States to ensure that DSOs have access to the
necessary data.
• Data to be made available to electricity market participants
digitally in a manner that ensures interoperability based on
harmonised data formats.
Other aspects covered:
DSOs to make available data on demand response potential and RES-E generated by
self-consumers and renewable energy communities
Member States to provide incentives for upgrades of smart grids

Art. 20a(3) – Battery-related data sharing
1)
Scope: clarifications on the date of application and vehicles covered
2)
Data format: make use of the existing standardization when available
•
When data not yet standardized: State-of-the-art methods + documentation
•
Details on some data points (SOH, SOC, capacity, power set point)
2)
Real time access: below one minute
3)
Access to data by users/owners and third parties:
•
Details and examples regarding the explicit authorisation (+ GDPR for natural persons)
4)
Enforcement: sanctions (including fines) to be adopted by Member States (without resulting in the refusal of a type
approval) + audits
5)
Exchange interface: over the air through a harmonized interface
→ To further specify the parameters and data that are not standardized yet: dialogue to be organized
among MS’ representatives, stakeholders and Commission, using existing fora, to provide
recommendations in complementarity to the legislation and the guidance

Article 20a(4) - Smart and bi-directional charging
The obligation devolves on Member States to ensure that private charging points can support smart recharging
functionalities, and where appropriate, bi-directional recharging functionalities
→ Incentives to be set up for EV users to use smart and bidirectional recharging
→ Dynamic price contracts to be made available to final customers
→ Off-peak charging to be encouraged by MS
→ For connecting EV charging points to the grid, implement existing legislation for grid connection (EMD, RED, grid
action plan)
→ Specifically for bi-directional recharging:
- Use the specific assessments required under AFIR
- Avoid double charges
- Implement on a voluntary basis the standard ISO 15118.20 that enables bidirectional charging
- Enable a flexibility market for distributed energy resources to improve coordination of bi-directional recharging
initiatives and DSO activities

Article 20a(5) - Non-discriminatory access for
small/mobile assets to the electricity markets
• Member States shall:
o make feasible the participation in the electricity markets for small, decentralised energy
assets or mobile systems.
o ensure the level playing field and non-discriminatory access.
→ Implementation of current EMD and Electricity Regulation
→ Forthcoming network code on demand response

Guidance on consumption of RFNBOs
in industry and transport (Articles 22a
& 22b, 25)

Scope of application of Article 22a
❑ Definition of industry: what sectors are covered?
➢ “undertakings and products that fall under sections B, C, and F and under section J, division (63) of the statistical
classification of economic activities (NACE REV.2), as set out in Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council”.
➢ Sections B, C and F include respectively “Mining and Quarrying”, “Manufacturing” and “Constructing”. Section J,
division (63) includes Information service activities. From the latter activities, data centres represent the most energy-
intensive activity and are therefore a key sector for the purposes of the indicative target in Article 22a.
❑ Member States addressees of the target (not directly hydrogen
consumers)
➢ No market for RFNBOs today and cost gap: Member States need to adopt measures to create a market;
➢ Different situation for amount of hydrogen consumption and number/type of hydrogen consumers among MS
➢ Member States are free to set national quotas
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Calculation of numerator and denominator
❑ What falls under the numerator?
➢ RFNBOs used in industry and complying with the RFNBOs delegated acts
➢ RFNBOs includes only direct derivatives of hydrogen (e.g. ammonia in/fertilisers out)
➢ Accounting at the level of industrial consumption: renewable hydrogen used to produce an RFNBO is not accounted in MS of production, while
the RFNBO is accounted in the MS of consumption
❑ Accounting for refineries
➢ RFNBOs in refineries can be used to produce both industrial and transport products. So, they partly contribute towards both targets
➢ Allocation at refinery level on the basis of products produced using hydrogen and after having excluded hydrogen produced as by-product
➢ The share of the contribution may be established on the basis of the annual ratio of refinery products used in transport and in industry, without
exceeding the amount of hydrogen consumption allocated to industry at refinery level.
❑ What falls under the denominator? Exclusions, meaning of “hydrogen”
➢ Account in the denominator only the consumption of hydrogen and not the consumption of its derivatives. Intention to target specifically the
decarbonisation of hydrogen in the EU;
➢ MS have the discretion to set a stricter target which includes the consumption of derivatives in the denominator and would therefore increase the
denominator and, as a consequence, the RFNBOs target. In this case, however, they should report to Eurostat the data aligned with the rules on
the accounting of the denominator explained in the previous paragraphs.
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Article 22b
• Conditions to reduce the target
• Hydrogen produced from fossil fuels includes hydrogen produced with CCUS
• The denominator is calculated on the basis of the consumption of all hydrogen and its derivatives in the
industrial sector in a Member States, i.e. including RFNBOs, fossil-based and low-carbon hydrogen and its
derivatives.
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Link between RFNBO target and general
RES target
• General RES target in Article 3 of the revised RED refers to the share of renewable energy out of the Union’s
gross final consumption of energy. Final energy consumption includes only energy commodities used for energy
purposes.
• RFNBOs used for non-energy purposes would not contribute to the general target while RFNBOs used for
energy purposes are counted towards the overall renewable energy target.
• They both contribute towards the indicative target for the increase of renewable energy in the industry sector set
in paragraph 1 of Article 22a and to the achievement of the RFNBO target set in the same article.
• Renewable electricity used to produce RFNBOs will not be counted towards the overall renewable energy target.
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Guidance on heating and cooling
aspects (Articles 15a, 22a, 23 and 24)

Clarifications on the sub-targets related to
heating and cooling
❑ Scope and calculation of the targets
➢ Clarification of the calculation of average annual increase of RES shares: to be calculated at the end of each time period
➢ Clarification of the thresholds for full and partial achievement of the Art.23 and Art.24 targets
❑ Datasets, use of SHARES tool and role of Eurostat
➢ Clarification and indications on which data to use and how to deal with evolving data availability
➢ Proxy values suggested for RES shares in buildings, industry and DHC in case of insufficient national data
❑ Accounting of electricity, waste heat and cold
➢ Distinction between Art.23 and 22a (flexibility) and Art.24 (fully part of the target)
➢ Clarification of how to calculate the maximum amount that may be accounted
➢ Clarification and illustration on impact on the targets
➢ Clarification on which renewable electricity may be counted, including on different scopes for accounting of electricity used in
heat pumps in the overall RES target (Art.3) and the heating and cooling target (Art.23)
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New Article 15a on RES in buildings
❑ Indicative national share
➢ National indicative shares need to be consistent and contribute to the achievement of the overall indicative goal of 49%
renewable energy and included in the NECPs
➢ Commission considers that the relative increase at EU-level (28.1 ppt increase 2020-2030) could be taken as a benchmark
❑ Scope of the target
➢ Ensure consistency with EPBD
➢ MS can count all the renewable energy produced on-site and nearby in addition to all the renewable energy (for electricity,
heating and cooling and gas) taken from the grid
➢ Clarification of flexibility for waste heat and cold
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Definition of waste heat and cold under RED
❑ Four cumulative criteria to be met to qualify as waste heat or cold
under RED
➢ Unavoidable: cannot reasonably be avoided or internally consumed or reduced through technical and energy efficiency
improvements
➢ By-product: primary aim of the process should not be to generate that specific fraction of heat and cold
➢ Heat or cold generated in the industrial or power generation installations, or in the tertiary sector
➢ Heat or cold to be delivered to a DHC system – on-site or single building recovery cannot be accounted
❑ In addition, overall requirement to always consider cogeneration
❑ Guidance applies specifically in the context of RED
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