European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency

Public bodyBelgiumcinea.ec.europa.eu

Its roles Investor / Financier Funder

projects tracked
11
active
6
countries
6
partner companies
30

European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency (CINEA) is an EU executive agency based in Brussels that implements European Commission funding programmes supporting the European Green Deal. Created in 2021, it manages grants and financing for projects that cut greenhouse-gas emissions, enhance energy and transport infrastructure, and protect the environment.

Read more

CINEA oversees major EU instruments including the Innovation Fund (financed by EU ETS revenues), the LIFE programme, the Connecting Europe Facility for Transport and Energy, and parts of Horizon Europe focused on climate, energy and mobility. Its portfolio covers areas relevant to energy‑intensive industries such as renewables, energy efficiency, hydrogen and alternative fuels, carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS), industrial decarbonisation, circular economy, and pollution prevention.

For the chemical sector, CINEA acts as a public funding manager: publishing calls, evaluating proposals, awarding grants, and monitoring projects ranging from first‑of‑a‑kind low‑carbon processes to large‑scale infrastructure and cross‑border energy projects. The agency operates on behalf of the European Commission to deliver EU policy objectives through transparent, competitive funding and rigorous project oversight.

Also known as CINEA.

Projects CINEA is involved in

chemXplore tracks 11 projects involving CINEA, of which 6 are active.

  1. 1 project Announced / Concept
  2. 3 projects FEED / Pre-FID
  3. 1 project FID / Sanctioned
  4. 1 project Under Construction
  5. none Commissioning & Start-up

Besides these 6, the record holds 4 completed projects and 1 cancelled.

Active projects

Closest to start-up first.

The 5 that are completed, on hold or cancelled are in the record. See all 11 in chemXplore →

Expected start-up, by year
0 1 2 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031

The dates themselves, per project, are for subscribers.

What moved recently

  • 18 September 2026 Project Greensand Port Esbjerg Carbon Dioxide transit terminal CCS · Operational / Completed · Denmark
  • 23 July 2026 BioBTX Delfzijl PETRA Circular Aromatics Plant · FID / Sanctioned · The Netherlands
  • July 2026 OMV Petrom Central Europe Ultra-Fast EV Charging Corridor · Operational / Completed
  • 16 March 2026 Neste Porvoo PULSE Liquefied Waste Plastic Upgrading Unit · Operational / Completed · Finland

CINEA in chemical industry news

20 October 2026
Enagás posts €204.1m net profit in first nine months of 2026

Recurring profit €195.8m; EBITDA €491.5m and on track for €620m FY; Teréga stake acquired for €573m and Saggas stake deal for €31m; €1/share dividend maintained.

15 October 2026
BioBTX wins €20.8m EU grant for PETRA circular aromatics plant

EU funds first commercial plant converting mixed plastic waste into renewable BTX aromatics; plant will process 20,000 t/yr, produce 10,000 t/yr and cut 72% GHG vs fossil route.

14 October 2026
Worley Rosenberg to fabricate subsea structures and spools for Northern Lights Phase II

Awarded by Subsea7 to supply key subsea spools and structures for Northern Lights Phase II, driving CO2 storage capacity above 5 Mtpa by 2028.

24 September 2026
BioBTX and Rain Carbon to supply renewable aromatics

Convert plastic waste into about 10,000 t/y of renewable aromatic oil and downstream benzene, phthalic anhydride and aromatics for circular supply chains; first plant operational early 2028.

18 September 2026
INEOS-led Greensand opens EU's first full-scale CO₂ storage site

Greensand begins commercial offshore CO₂ storage from biogenic sources, using a dedicated terminal and the EU’s first purpose-built CO₂ carrier to inject into a depleted North Sea reservoir.

13 August 2026
BioBTX (Covestro-backed) to produce BTX aromatics from mixed plastic waste

First commercial ICCP plant in Delfzijl will process 20,000 t/yr mixed plastic into ~10,000 t/y BTX aromatic oil and ~8,000 t/y by-products, cutting GHG 70–80%.

6 August 2026
PureCycle Technologies Q2 2026 results and commercial ramp

Revenue $4.5M; first P&G resin deliveries; PureFive approved as post‑consumer recycled content in New Jersey; Ironton compounding online; liquidity $236.9M.

31 July 2026
OMV Petrom Group H1 2026 results

Clean CCS Operating Result 3 bn lei; net income 1.8 bn lei; CAPEX 3.7 bn lei; contribution to state budget 10.2 bn lei; Neptun Deep on track for first gas in 2027.

Where its projects are

active all projects

chemXplore Cluster Watch · updated daily
The 16 chemical clusters of Northwest Europe, read as one system
Hydrogen CO2 Oil, gas and chemicals Heat and power
Open the map →

Partners on its projects

The 6 sharing the most projects, of 30.