Permitting | Insights from Innovation Fund projects

​As recognised by the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), permitting is one of the key challenges in projects deploying innovative solutions for climate change mitigation. This finding was confirmed by the evidence presented in the first Annual knowledge sharing report of the Innovation Fund – De-risking innovative low-carbon technologies. Permitting issues namely ranked highly in the list of concerns for Innovation Fund beneficiaries. The European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) conducted a dedicated survey on permitting, targeting the whole Innovation Fund portfolio of ongoing projects and discussed the results at a dedicated workshop. The resulting main takeaways are summarised in this publication.