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How proposed IAA product rules could affect costs
The proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA) would require some products to be made in the EU, meet low-carbon rules, or both. Explore what those requirements could mean for product, project and energy costs, and how the proposed cost thresholds would work.
The analysis on this website accompanies the Jacques Delors Centre policy brief Buy European need not break the bank.
Clean technologies
5 productsEnergy-intensive products
3 productsSee how a production- or component-level cost gap is diluted through the value chain.
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Component
Compare the cost of the required product or component with its reference (usually Chinese-made or conventional).
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Product
Add only the selected component gaps to the cost of the complete product.
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Project
Apply the equipment effect to the relevant share of total project cost.
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Outcome
Translate the result into the final cost (electricity, hydrogen, construction or a car) and compare it with the applicable IAA threshold.
Use of AI
AI tools were used to help collect and process the data on this site. The data and sources were then reviewed by the author.