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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1316/2013 and (EU) No 283/2014note, and in particular Article 25(1), point (b), thereof,Whereas:
(1)Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 establishes a category of cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy that contribute to decarbonisation, to completing the internal energy market and to improving the security of energy supply. Pursuant to Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1153, those cross-border projects are set up by a cooperation agreement between two or more Member States or between one or more Member States and one or more third countries, as set out in Articles 8, 9, 11 and 13 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote.
(2)The selection of cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy is subject to the general criteria and procedures set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 and to further specific selection criteria and details of the selection process set out in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/342note.
(3)Cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy are selected and included in a list drawn up for this purpose by means of delegated acts.
(4)The inclusion of cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy in the list makes them eligible to apply for funding under the Connecting Europe Facilitynote.
(5)Following a call for proposals published on 2 September 2025 and closed on 5 February 2026, three new renewable energy cross-border projects were selected. The selected projects were assessed by external experts and by experts from the European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency and the European Commission. The assessment examined in particular the cost-effective exploitation of renewable energy and implementation of the projects through different renewable energy technologies, including geothermal energy, onshore wind and solar photovoltaic.
(6)The Commission notified the assessment results relating to the selected new renewable energy cross-border projects to the Expert Group for renewable energy cross-border projectsnote (‘the Expert Group’). Following the agreement of the Expert Group, the selected new renewable energy cross-border projects should be included in the list.
(7)The inclusion of projects in the list of renewable energy cross-border projects is subject to their compliance with Union law, including with the outcome of the relevant environmental assessment and permit procedures.
(8)For the purposes of implementing Part IV, point 4(h), of the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2021/1153, the Commission submitted to the Expert Group the annual progress report on the projects already in the list of cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy. The progress report identified one project for which implementation will not be continued in its current cross-border configuration due to significant challenges and uncertainties. Following the agreement of the group, that renewable energy cross-border project should be withdrawn from the list.
(9)Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2202note should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
Article 1 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2202 is replaced by the following:‘Article 1The list of cross-border projects in the field of renewable energy selected pursuant to Part IV, point 4(g), of the Annex to Regulation (EU) 2021/1153 shall be as follows:Project number | Project name | Project developers | Participating countries2022-05 | ELWIND – Estonian Latvian joint hybrid offshore wind project | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications of Estonia; The Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia | Estonia and Latvia2022-07 | CICERONE – CEO-Alliance Cross-Border-European Green Hydrogen Value Chain | Essent Hydrogen B.V.; IBERDROLA CLIENTES S.A.U. | Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain2022-10 | UNITED HEAT – Climate-neutral district heating in the European city Goerlitz Zgorzelec – | Stadtwerke Görlitz AG; SEC Zgorzelec Sp. z o.o. | Germany and Poland2023-2 | ULP-RES WP – Utilitas Lode-Penuja RES Wind park | Utilitas Wind SIA; Utilitas Wind OÜ | Estonia and Latvia2023-3 | SLOWP – Saare-Liivi Offshore Wind Park | Utilitas Wind OÜ | Estonia and Luxembourg2023-6 | TMNHSA – Turnu Magurele – Nikopol Hydraulic Structures Assembly | Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD;S.P.E.E.H. HIDROELECTRICA S.A. | Bulgaria and Romania2023-7 | BEI – Bornholm Energy Island | Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities | Denmark and Germany2024-1 | CORES – Comprehensive Offshore Renewable Energy Potential Studies | DGEG – Direção Geral de Energia e Geologia | Luxembourg and Portugal2024-2 | Medlink Renewable Generation – MedGen | Zhero Europe B.V: Private legal entity in MS (NL – coordinator)Medlinks Algeria B.V.: Private legal entity in MS (NL – promoter)Medlinks Tunisia B.V Private legal entity in a MS (NL – promoter) | Algeria, Italy and Tunisia2024-3 | Utilitas Eleja-Joniski Wind Park – UELJO WP | Utilitas Wind SIA;Utilitas Wind UAB | Latvia and Lithuania2024-4 | LiiviBay Offshore Wind park | Enefit Green AS | Estonia and Latvia2024-6 | Green transformation of district heating in the twin cities of Słubice & Frankfurt (Oder) – Twin Heat | SEC Region Sp. z o.o and Stadtwerke Frankfurt (Oder) GmbH | Germany and Poland2025-2 | Wind Integration for Network Decarbonization – WIND | DTEK | Romania and Ukraine2025-4 | Decarbonization of Industrial Clusters at the Polish German Border Region via the Deployment of an Integrated Cross-Border Power Plant – DEPLOY | ENERTRAG SE | Germany and Poland2025-5 | Zero Emission heat network linking Germany and Austria – ZEGA-LINNK | Geothermie-Wärmegesellschaft Braunau-Simbach mbH | Austria and Germany
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