The aim of the order is to provide technical and legal support in the design of the support system for the production of electricity-based fuels as well as the preparation, monitoring and analysis of the competitive process.
The BMVI particularly supports investments in alternative drives and fuels. The BMVI is making a contribution to the implementation of the federal government's climate protection plan. Among other things, this sees a reduction in CO2 emissions in the transport sector by 40-42% compared to 1990 to 2030.
With renewable fuels (electricity-based fuels from renewable energy sources (EE) and advanced biofuels), GHG reductions can also be achieved for modes of transport that cannot be electrified in the medium term or only to a limited extent in the long term. On the other hand, in addition to the market ramp-up of alternative drives, the current conventional vehicle fleet can be addressed. The aim of promoting renewable fuels is to ramp up the market.
Guardrails for a purposeful design result at the legal and factual level. In the absence of experience from the BMVI, there is a considerable need for information and coordination with various actors (in particular potential applicants) or institutions (e.g. the EU COM). The concrete content design is likely to be strongly influenced by this over time.
The funding should be structured in two stages:
1st stage: participation in the public market test procedure for prequalification for stage 2,
2nd stage: Participation of the prequalified projects in the competitive procedure for determining the beneficiary and the amount of the grant.
The grants should be linked to the amount of kerosene produced and may be paid out over 10 years in order to ensure the actual production and thus the sustainability of the funding. Pro rata payment based on construction progress is also an option.
The aim of the order is to provide technical and legal support in the design of the support system for the production of electricity-based fuels as well as the preparation, monitoring and analysis of the competitive process.
The order comprises the following work packages: Work package 1 - analysis of the market environment for electricity-based fuels and development of fuel delivery. The aim of WP 1 is to create a state-of-the-art status quo for electricity-based fuels and fuel delivery on a technical-economic and legal level, which reflects the current status and on which the work of the following WP can build.
Work package 2 - Development of a competitive support system for electricity-based fuels The aim of AP 2 is to support the client in the goal-oriented content and legal design of a tender or competition design for electricity-based fuels.
Work package 2.1: Development of the main features of a competitive funding system
The contractor should first develop the fundamentals of a competitive funding system and elaborate them in detail after feedback from stakeholders, AG and NOW. An auction process is a possible form of the competition process, but alternative concepts are also conceivable.
Work package 2.2: Design and support of a market test procedure (level 1) The level 1 test procedure should precede the competitive procedure (level 2). The purpose of the market test procedure is to overcome the asymmetry of information between the AG and potential beneficiaries in order to be able to determine the most appropriate funding conditions. The information transfer should take place via project outlines to be submitted to the AG by potential beneficiaries.
Work package 2.3: Design of a competition procedure (level 2) On the basis of the preparatory work in WP 2.1 and 2.2, the contractor should develop a final design for the competitive procedure that is technically and legally suitable for achieving the goal. The specification of the tender procedure includes a process description with the type and number of competition rounds, a schedule, as well as the elaboration of detailed competition rules or parameters, among other things, award criteria, funding conditions and conditions of participation, possibly price rules and maximum bids.
Since the production of electricity-based fuels also produces co-products in addition to the actual target product (e.g. kerosene), recommendations must also be developed to take these co-products into account in the competitive process.
Work package 2.4: Accompanying the competition process (stage 2) (optional), the contractor should advise the AG, NOW and the project sponsor to be determined on the processing of technical, economic and legal questions during the tendering process.
Work package 3 - Ad hoc support in this work package is intended to deal with the other, currently unpredictable, instrumental, legal, energy-related and procedural questions of the BMVI for the promotion and market development of electricity-based fuels.
Work package 4 - Technical support for a state aid approval process at the European Commission. The funding of PtL production plants should go beyond the scope of the General Block Exemption Regulation (AGVO) if investments in PtL fuel production plants are to be effected. The need for the European Commission to approve the funding instrument is accepted. Another focus of the task is therefore the professional support of the client in the implementation of a state aid approval procedure at the European Commission (hereinafter referred to as the EU notification procedure). The contractor should provide the client with comprehensive technical and legal support in the implementation of the approval process and work out the scientific justification aspects.