studio Gear Up works with organisations and companies to strengthen their strategic position in a circular economy
climate neutral fossil-free biobased circular economy
studio Gear Up works with
organisations and companies to strengthen their strategic
position in a
fossil-free biobased circular climate neutral
economy
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Job opening for a Senior Consultant
studio Gear Up B.V. is looking for an experienced, conscientious and self-starting senior consultant with knowledge of green molecules / green carbon based sectors; fuels and chemistry and committed to the threefold transitions we are facing as society: the energy transition, the material transition and the transition to a sustainable
Understanding the EU and NL carbon emission obligation schemes for SAF production
For: a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) producer August – October 2024] A Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) producer focused on the Netherlands, asked studio Gear Up to assist them in identifying their obligations under the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the Dutch national CO2 taxation scheme. For this analysis, studio Gear
Workshops to prepare for ETS 2
For: Several fuel suppliers in the Netherlands [August – October 2024] studio Gear Up has been helping several fuel suppliers to the Dutch transport markets with practical preparations for the ETS 2 system, under which they will become an obligated party. To be prepared for these upcoming regulations, we have
Clean Fuel Contracts: Guidance to provide information about renewable fuels for end-users
There is the need for transparent information flows on the attributes of renewable fuels used in transport markets. Transport and logistics activities represent a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions related the products that consumers buy. Renewable fuels play a fundamental role in reducing these emissions. The Clean Fuel Contract
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Understanding the EU and NL carbon emission obligation schemes for SAF production
For: a Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) producer August – October 2024] A Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) producer focused on the Netherlands, asked studio Gear Up
Workshops to prepare for ETS 2
For: Several fuel suppliers in the Netherlands [August – October 2024] studio Gear Up has been helping several fuel suppliers to the Dutch transport markets
Carbon footprint calculation of e-methanol
For: ETFuels Ltd [December 2023 – February 2024] studio Gear Up conducted a carbon footprint calculation for ETFuels to provide insights into the greenhouse gas
Upcoming Workshops
RED III implementation in the transport sector in the Netherlands
In mid-2025, the RED III ruleset will be implemented in the Netherlands. The current volume-based market mechanism for ensuring compliance with the mandates on renewable fuels will be replaced by an emission reduction-based system in accordance with the RED III Directive. This means that the Renewable Energy Units (HBEs) will be replaced by a new system which is based on Emission Reduction Units (EREs). In a dedicated workshop on the RED III ruleset and the new ERE-system, studio Gear Up will provide a guidance and insights.
Interested? Let us know (mention ‘REDIII-NL-ERE workshop’ in subject line).
RED III implementation in other Member States
Are you interested in how RED III is implemented in other Member States? studio Gear Up is preparing dedicated, customised workshops about how implementation of RED is shaped.
Please reach out is you are interested in such dedicated workshop, by clicking the button below (mention ‘REDIII MS implementation’ in subject line).
The impact of EU ETS and CBAM
In the coming decades the EU emission trading scheme (ETS) will require the reduction of emissions in the included sectors to zero. With other adjacent policy measures to meet EU climate ambitions, such as FuelEU Maritime, ReFuel Aviation and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), it is important to understand the interplay of these policies and their impact on the major economic sectors. In our upcoming workshop, we will provide an analysis on these surrounding policies and developing a strategy to position your business in a fast-changing landscape.
Pre-register by clicking below (mention ‘EU-ETS CBAM’ in subject line).
Which challenges are you facing?
Understanding the upcoming policy developments toward a sustainable, climate neutral, fossil free, biobased and circular economy is essential to determine and strengthen your market position for the future. We can provide strategic support to understand these developments and to assess how regulations will impact.
Equally, governmental bodies need to understand market players perspectives to design effective policies. We have a good understanding of market initiatives and innovation plans for renewable energy and fuels, and circular products.
Which plausible futures might materialise and which are the crucial uncertainties that influence to a ‘make or break’ level your activities? How will competitors, regulators, clients act in a specific scenario and are your well-prepared to act.
The current transition from a fossil-based economy to a society that should operate within planetary boundaries will probably be turbulent. It will require careful exploration and strategic dialogue to understand how renewable energy, sustainable carbon and circular materials might be implemented under such plausible scenarios and how this impacts your organisation’s position and opportunities.
ETS2, ETD, CBAM, RED2, RED3,CSRD, ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation, EUDR – all these abbreviations are examples of new EU directives and regulations to transition to a climate neutral European Union that will require compliance of your organisation.
In dedicated workshops we will provide basic understanding of such upcoming regulations, but more importantly, explore how these regulations might impact your product offerings and strategic positioning.
Renewable fuels and materials do have a lower well-to-wheel/Wake/Wing / well-to-product carbon footprint. We can provide clear insight in the exact greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions savings per functional unit compared to the fossil references by carrying out detailed and thorough carbon footprint assessments, following regulation approved methods. When needed we can build carbon footprint tools for in-house calculations.
The studio Gear Up Transport Scenarios (GUTS) model has been designed to project the energy consumption and GHG emissions developments in the comping decades for the European Transport sectors. With the model, on basis of existing and announced policy instruments, insights might be gained on how energy consumption and GHG emissions might evolve.
Furthermore, we have developed a TCO – total cost of ownership – model to compare the TCO performance of various light duty and heavy duty vehicles when using battery electric or internal combustion engine drivetrains in different EU countries. for combustion engine vehicles we can include the use or renewable fuels as replacement for fossil-based diesel or gasoline
Do you have questions or want more information?
Please contact us in case you have any issue or question you would like to be helped with. Have a look at our Projects and Publication pages.
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Challenges and risks of low ILUC-risk certification for the biofuel sector
With Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 the European Commission defined several options to certify low ILUC-risk feedstock for EU biofuels. Now that the criteria have been worked out and tested, it becomes clear that the approaches are highly complex, while the additional yields will likely be small. If low ILUC-risk certification becomes the norm for all biofuels, climate action in transport would get another setback. Read more.
How to overcome incoherency in EU policy policy on the energy-agriculture nexus?
Agriculture and the provision of renewable energy are inherently intertwined. However, the policy fields of agriculture and renewable energy in the EU, are not yet meeting. EU agricultural policy is predominantly focused on securing the production of food and feed products while largely neglecting its role in providing feedstock for the biobased economy. Cultivation and supply of energy crops is insufficiently incentivised by the CAP on the supply side. Despite acknowledging the important role of agriculture to provide biobased feedstock for chemicals, energy and materials, policy is not providing the right incentives to make this a reality. Read more.
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Job opening for a Senior Consultant
studio Gear Up B.V. is looking for an experienced, conscientious and self-starting senior consultant with knowledge of green molecules / green carbon based sectors; fuels and chemistry and committed to the threefold transitions we are facing as society: the energy transition, the material transition and the transition to a sustainable
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I believe renewable fuels can contribute much more to decarbonization than the policymakers want at the moment
Foremost, the use of fossil resources will have to be capped and reduced significantly in the coming decades.
About
studio Gear Up is an Amsterdam based independent consultancy firm, founded in 2015. We help our clients in understanding the changes in the broader contextual environment and how to adapt their organisation so that it can navigate these changing conditions.
In close collaboration and continuous exchange with our clients representative we execute analyses and develop scenarios for possible strategic repositioning so they can start building new propositions to generate impact in a biobased, circular and climate neutral economy.
Collaborative exploration of data and developments will generate new insights, understanding the current and upcoming regulation, executing analyses, building sets of different scenario’s to boost strategic considerations are examples of approaches taken.
