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The Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA) is a regulation of the European Union that establishes a framework to scale up the manufacturing of net-zero technologies within the EU. The Act was proposed by the European Commission on 16 March 2023 and adopted in April 2024. Its objective is to strengthen the Union’s industrial base in support of the green transition and to contribute to the EU’s goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The NZIA forms part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan and focuses on developing competitive and resilient clean-technology value chains within the Single Market, including through the development of Net-Zero Acceleration Valleys.^[1]

The European Commission presented the NZIA as one of the key pillars of the Green Deal Industrial Plan to enhance the competitiveness of Europe’s net‑zero industry and support the rapid deployment of clean technologies. The initiative responds to increased global competition for clean‑tech manufacturing and to the EU’s need to reduce strategic dependencies on imports in critical sectors.^[2][3] ​

The NZIA’s central objective is to ensure that the EU’s manufacturing capacity for strategic net‑zero technologies reaches at least 40% of the Union’s annual deployment needs by 2030.^[4][5] It further aims to create a predictable and simplified regulatory environment to attract investment and accelerate the roll‑out of net‑zero technology projects.^[6] ​

The Act covers “net‑zero technologies” that make a significant contribution to decarbonisation and have very low, zero or negative greenhouse gas emissions in their operation. Within this group, the Commission identifies a set of “strategic net‑zero technologies”, including solar photovoltaic and solar thermal technologies, onshore and offshore renewable energy, battery and storage technologies, heat pumps and geothermal, electrolysers and fuel cells, grid technologies, sustainable biogas/biomethane, carbon capture and storage, and certain advanced nuclear and related technologies.^[7]

The Net-Zero Industry Act introduces several measures intended to facilitate the scale-up of manufacturing capacity. These include procedures for the designation of Net-Zero Strategic Projects^[8], which benefit from priority status, streamlined permitting processes and improved access to support mechanisms. The regulation also promotes the development of Net-Zero Acceleration Valleys, defined as geographic areas where EU Member States coordinate industrial activity, infrastructure, skills, and permitting to support clusters of net-zero technology manufacturing and related supply chains.^[9]

The Act encourages the use of sustainability and resilience criteria in public procurement and auctions to help create demand for net‑zero technologies produced in the EU, while remaining compatible with Single Market rules. It also provides for governance structures, including coordination through an EU‑level platform, to monitor progress towards the 2030 benchmarks and to support information‑sharing between the Commission and EU Member States.

Similar industrial policies have been adopted in other parts of the world to support domestic clean-technology manufacturing and accelerate the transition to net zero. In the United States, the Inflation Reduction Act provides large-scale tax credits and subsidies for clean energy, batteries, electric vehicles, and hydrogen, with a strong focus on local production. Japan has launched its Green Transformation (GX) Strategy to mobilise public and private investment in decarbonised industry and energy systems^[10]. Canada has introduced targeted tax incentives and funding programmes for clean technology manufacturing. Meanwhile China's industrial plans such as Made in China 2025 and recent policies encouraging green industrial microgrids reflect long-term state-led efforts to enhance technological self-sufficiency and competitive advantage in key manufacturing sectors.