Hydrogen Europe

Hydrogen Europe welcomes the opportunity by the European Commission to provide input to such timely and important matter: the Industrial Decarbonisation Accelerator Act (IDAA) can play a decisive role in this process. Hydrogen is expected to play an essential role in decarbonising energy-intensive industries (EIIs) along with transport and long-term storage.

Hydrogen Europe is the European association representing the interests of the hydrogen industry and its stakeholders, while promoting hydrogen as a key enabler of a zero-emission society. The association brings together more than 600 members, 40+ EU regions, and 30+ national associations.

Hydrogen Europe welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the design of the post-2030 renewable energy framework. The EU has made significant progress in expanding the share of renewable energy and initiating a renewable hydrogen economy. However, deployment remains well below strategic ambitions.

Hydrogen Europe welcomes the opportunity to give feedback to the Grids package call for evidence. Access to a viable and functioning network for hydrogen and its derivatives is not only essential for the development of a European low-carbon and renewable hydrogen economyit is also a cornerstone of a more flexible, sustainable, autonomous, secure, resilient and competitive European energy system.

Hydrogen Europe welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions upcoming Aviation Strategy. The upcoming Aviation Strategy is an opportunity to present a clear roadmap to decarbonise the aviation sector and live up to the EUs climate ambitions.

Hydrogen Europe welcomes the Electrification Action Plan (EAP) as a key step to integrate Renewable Energy Sources (RES) and deliver on decarbonisation and resilience objectives. However, true RES integration and decarbonisation require a multi-energy system approach: By diversifying energy carriers and placing system integration at the core of system planning, Europe can build a more future-proof, resilient, and…

We welcome the European Commissions initiative to gather evidence on CO transportation infrastructure and markets. Getting the framework right is essential to meeting Europes 2040 and 2050 climate goals and will strongly influence the trajectory of hydrogen deployment in the EU.

The DNSH principle comes from the EU Taxonomy, which requires that activities contributing to one environmental goal do not harm the others. However, evidence shows that similar DNSH concepts are applied inconsistently across programmes, resulting in divergent outcomes.

Hydrogen Europe welcomes the European Commissions consultation on the revision of the Governance Regulation, which comes at a pivotal moment for the EUs energy and climate policy framework. As the Union prepares its post-2030 governance architecture, strengthened competitiveness, resilience and security of supply must be integrated alongside the overarching decarbonisation objectives.

Hydrogen Europe, the major European association representing the clean hydrogen industry, numbering over 600 members across the entire value chain, takes note of and broadly supports the main principles set out in the IPAEPMF position paper on the strategic stockpiling of Platinum Group Metals.

CEF-Energy 1) The rate of co-financing for electrolysers and hydrogen infrastructure should be 75% of the total eligible cost and should include studies and works of electrolysers. 2) Overall, the Commission should work on standardizing the selection process for PCIs and develop official guidelines for project promoters to submit their projects, the selection process should be more transparent, rapid, and the…