Pending approval of state aid for the biomass package

7.5.2025

Question for written answer  E-001850/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Christine Schneider (PPE)

Germany’s ‘biomass package’ (Act Amending the Renewable Energy Sources Act for Greater Flexibility and Ongoing Support for Biogas Plants) entered into force on 25 February 2025. Among other things, the act incentivises flexible electricity generation from biomass and fine-tunes requirements for agriculture. These measures can only be implemented once state aid approval is forthcoming from the Commission. The delay in approval is having significant consequences on biomass plant operators’ investment planning and undermining efforts to achieve the EU's climate targets.

• 1.At present, how far advanced is the state aid approval procedure for the German biomass package?
• 2.What is the Commission specifically doing to ensure the approval procedure for the biomass package is completed in time for the new rules to be applied by the forthcoming deadline of 1 October 2025 for applications – applications submitted by the previous deadline of 1 April 2025 had to be processed under the previous legal framework since the state aid law had not yet been approved – and thus eliminate any further investment uncertainty and financial disadvantages that may affect operators in the sector?

Submitted: 7.5.2025