Poland is currently one of the world’s largest producers of lithium-ion batteries for electric cars. This is partly due to the , located near Wrocław. New regulations prepared by the European Commission may sink this sector of the Polish economy worth PLN 38 billion. France, also a large European battery producer, is lobbying for changes to the regulations.
EU regulations on batteries for electric vehicles unfavourable for Poland
One of the implementing acts to the so-called battery regulation concerns the calculation of the carbon footprint of batteries produced for electric vehicles. It turns out that the amendment, which was introduced at the last stage of consultations on the regulation, provides that the calculations should take into account the structure of energy production in a given country, and not what energy the company producing the battery uses – reports .
What does this mean? As “Puls Biznesu” explains, such a change favors producers from those EU countries that already use mainly renewable energy sources or nuclear energy, and at the same time closes the way to new investments in Poland and other countries with energy production that is still based on fossil fuels. Germany also wants changes to the regulations.
Polish government intervenes in Brussels regarding changes prepared by the European Commission
reports after “Puls Biznesu” that the Polish government is trying to intervene in the matter of new regulations. The Ministry of Development and Technology has approached the Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Thierry Breton. Poland has proposed that the methodology for calculating the carbon footprint of batteries for electric cars should reflect the actual energy mix used by the factory. It would also take into account energy purchase agreements and so-called guarantees of origin of energy from renewable energy sources.
Recall that according to recent analyses by experts from EY and Eurelectric, sales of electric cars in Europe will exceed sales of other vehicles by 2030. According to specialists .
Source: Gazeta
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