Overview
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Lobbying Costs
None declared
Financial year: Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25 Fte (7)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
15
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Renewables Grid Initiative e.V. (RGI)
EU Transparency Register
793038613858-32 First registered on 26 Jun 2014
Goals / Remit
RGI Mission: RGI is a unique collaboration of NGOs and TSOs from across Europe engaging in an ‘energy transition ecosystem-of-actors’. We promote fair, transparent, sustainable grid development to enable the growth of renewables to achieve full decarbonisation in line with the Paris Agreement.
RGI has 3 main strategic objectives:
1) RGI explores and communicates the need for grids for enabling the transition to a fully decarbonised energy system based on renewables.
2) RGI engages in an ‘energy transition ecosystem-of-actors’ by establishing a strong network of external stakeholders that are part of the energy system of the future.
3) RGI, within this ‘energy transition ecosystem-of-actors’, takes action to increase the joint understanding about the role and need for sustainable grid infrastructure in a fully decarbonised energy system.
In conclusion, RGI communicates and promotes findings and outcomes of its initiavites to relevant European and national institutions.Main EU files targeted
In line with its mission and according to its strategic objectives, RGI contributes actively to climate, energy and environmental legislative processes and to the achievement of their policy objectives.
RGI intends to contribute to the objectives of the European Green Deal to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. To do so, RGI monitors and provide input to the following EU initiatives (Please note that the following list is not exhaustive and selects the most relevant and cross-cutting legislation for RGI): EU 2040 climate target; Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, incl. NECPs; Guidelines for trans-European energy infrastructure, esp. feeding into the Ten-Year Network Development Plans (TYNDP); Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), closely following provisions on Renewables Acceleration Areas (RAAS) and speeding up permit-granting procedures for RES and related infrastructure; EU Grid Action Plan and the implementation of its Pact for engagement; EU Hydrogen Strategy; EU Adaptation Strategy; EU Circular Economy Action Plan, esp. Critical Raw Materials Act Regulation, as part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan for the Net-Zero Age; Maritime Spatial Planning Directive and Maritime Strategy Framework Directive; EU Nature Restoration Law; EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030; Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD); EU Birds and Habitats Directives; EU Forest Strategy; Follow up on the Conference on the Future of Europe; EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)Address
Head Office
Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 4
Berlin 12101
GERMANYEU Office
Manfred-von-Richthofen-Straße 4
Berlin 12101
GERMANYWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
7
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 1 25% 6 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.25
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 21 Nov 2024
Name Start date End Date Ms Antonella BATTAGLINI 26 Jul 2019 25 Jul 2020 Complementary Information
Staff performing covered activities includes:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Director – Communication
- Manager - Communication
- Director – Energy Systems
- Senior Manager - Energy and Policy Systems
- Director - Offshore Energy and Nature
- Coordinator - Offshore Energy and Nature
Other staff, including communication and offshore staff, occasionally engage in activities covered by the register. The full list of RGI staff is available here: https://renewables-grid.eu/about/secretariat.htmlPerson in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
Electrification Alliance https://electrification-alliance.eu/
Ren 21 https://www.ren21.net/Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Interests represented
Does not represent commercial interests
Closed financial year
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.
Total organisational budget in closed year
3,789,057€
Major funding types in closed year
EU funding, Grants, Donations, Member's contributions, Other, Public funding
Funding types "other" information
Others category includes Rental Income
Major contributions in closed year
Type Name Amount Contribution European Climate Foundation (ECF) 272,594€ Contribution Stiftung Mercator 143,365€ Contribution Flat EMF 73,910€ Contribution LIFE Operating Grant for non-profit making entities 680,000€ Contribution European Commission - Horizon projects 89,062€ Contribution Velux Foundation 431,962€ Contribution National (Public) financing (BAFA funded PAC Project) 533,218€ Contribution EirGrid plc 85,824€ Contribution Members Contribution 406,100€ Contribution NPT-Offshore Grant-LIFe co-financing 872,235€ Grant LIFE programme 2021 - 2027 - NGO Operating Grant 680,000€ Grant LIFE programme 2021 - 2027 - Standard Action Projects 75,219€ Grant Horizon Europe 2021 - 2027 programme - Pillar II 44,880€ Grant Horizon 2020 programme - Societal challenges 44,182€ Other financial info
None declared
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Maritime Spatial Planning for Integrated Maritime Policy#E01682/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100356 #OBSERVER #C#Civil society#IndustryCommission expert group on electricity interconnection targets#E03412#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3412 #MEMBER #C#Civil society#Industry
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
RGI’s projects, events and publications are done to promote a fair, sustainable and transparent development of grid infrastructures within the mentioned policy issues.
Highlights from RGI’s event, communication and advocacy activities can be found in our latest 2023 annual report at following link: https://renewables-grid.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/Files_RGI/RGI_Publications/RGI_Annual_Report_2023_digital.pdf
More recent info relating to RGI’s events can be found here https://renewables-grid.eu/activities/events.htmlOther activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
15 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
1 July 2024: We have noted that some meetings are appearing in duplicate, ie. some meetings seem to be listed twice. This seems to be because the Commission changes some element of a meeting data after the meeting has first been listed, which causes LobbyFacts to register it as a new meeting. We are investigating further.
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Date 23 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject Roundtable meeting with 10 Secretary Generals and CEOs of the Electrification Alliance on the revised Renewable Energy Directive (revised REDII), electricity market design, grids and storage. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Thor-Sten Vertmann (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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Date 06 Sep 2023 Location Brussels Subject High level dinner before the ENSTO-E grids event – discussion on the challenges for European networks and electrification. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Stefano Grassi (Cabinet member)
- Kadri Simson (Commissioner)
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Date 10 May 2022 Location Virtual Subject To discuss the RePower EU Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Elena Montani (Cabinet member)
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Date 10 May 2022 Location video-call Subject To discuss the RePower EU Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject To discuss the implementation of the Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy and how the Offshore Coalition for Energy and Nature's can support this, in particular with regards to the planned "Communities of Practice". Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Kadri Simson Portfolio Energy Attending - Laure Chapuis-Kombos (Cabinet member)
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Date 14 Apr 2021 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Follow up to the Offshore Renewable Energy strategy Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Jan 2021 Location online Subject Offshore wind energy, nature protection and healthy marine ecosystems Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius Portfolio Environment, Oceans and Fisheries Attending - Ruben Alexander Schuster (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Dec 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Offshore energy communication and action plan Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Riccardo Maggi (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Jul 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Skype meeting to discuss the implications of the Paris Agreement Compatible Scenario (PAC Scenario) and its relevance for EU planning DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 29 May 2020 Location Brussels - video conference Subject Energy system integration - role of renewables Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Aleksandra Tomczak (Cabinet member)
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Date 11 Oct 2019 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Introductory meeting. Energy policy and transition. DG Energy Attending - Ditte Juul Jørgensen (Director-General)
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Date 18 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Electricity infrastructure, market design, digitisation of energy system, public acceptance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Maroš Šefčovič (Vice-President)
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Date 26 Jan 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject renewable energy DG Energy Attending - Dominique Ristori (Director-General)
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Date 19 Nov 2015 Location Brussels Subject Public acceptance of infrastructure Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)
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Date 03 Jun 2015 Location Brussels Subject Energy Union; energy infrastructure; public acceptance Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič Portfolio Energy Union Attending - Christian Linder (Cabinet member)