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to achieve the European Green Deal and Europe’s Moreover, Europe is highly competitive in clean
clean energy transition. Renewable electricity is hydrogen technologies manufacturing and in markets
expected to decarbonize a large share of the EU with hydrogen as an energy carrier. Cumulative
energy consumption by 2050, but not all of it. investments in renewable hydrogen in Europe could
Hydrogen has a strong potential, as a vector for be up to EUR 180-470 billion by 2050, and in the
renewable energy storage, alongside batteries, and range of EUR 3-18 billion for low-carbon fossil-
transport, ensuring back up for seasonal variations based hydrogen. A hydrogen value chain serving a
and connecting production locations to more distant multitude of industrial sectors and other end uses
demand centers. In its strategic vision for a climate- could employ up to one million people, directly or
neutral EU published in November 2018, the share of indirectly. Clean hydrogen could meet 24% of energy
hydrogen in Europe’s energy mix is projected to grow world demand by 2050, with annual sales in the
from the current less than 2% to 13-14% by 2050. range of EUR 630 billion.
Furthermore, hydrogen can replace fossil fuels in Today, renewable and low-carbon hydrogen are
some carbon-intensive industrial processes, such as not yet cost-competitive compared to fossil-based
in the steel or chemical sectors, lowering greenhouse hydrogen. To harness all the opportunities associated
gas emissions and further strengthening global with hydrogen, the EU has developed an ambitious
competitiveness for those industries. In addition to plan to reach 2x40 GW of electrolyzers by 2030.
reducing emissions through electrification and other Almost all Member States have included plans for
renewable and low-carbon fuels, hydrogen solutions clean hydrogen in their National Energy and Climate
can lead to repurposing or re-using parts of the Plans, 26 have signed up to the “Hydrogen Initiative”,
existing natural gas infrastructure, helping to avoid and 14 Member States have included hydrogen in
stranded assets in pipelines. the context of their alternative fuels infrastructure
In the integrated energy system of the future national policy frameworks. Some have already
hydrogen will play a role, alongside renewable adopted national strategies or are in the process of 35
electrification and a more efficient and circular adopting one.
use of resources. Large-scale deployment of clean All actors, public and private, at European national
hydrogen at a fast pace is key for the EU to achieve and regional level, must work together, across the
a higher climate ambition, reducing greenhouse gas entire value chain, to build a dynamic hydrogen
emissions by a minimum 50% and towards 55% by ecosystem in Europe. In order to implement the
2030, in a cost-effective way. ambition of the European Green Deal and building
Investment in hydrogen will foster on the Commission’s New Industrial Strategy for
sustainable growth and jobs, which will Europe and its recovery plan, the EU needs to turn
be critical in the context of recovery clean hydrogen into a viable solution to decarbonize
from the COVID-19 crisis. The different sectors, installing at least 6 GW of
renewable hydrogen electrolyzers in the EU by 2024
EU's recovery plan highlights and 40 GW of renewable hydrogen electrolyzers by
the need to unlock investment 2030.
in key clean technologies As the EU has been investing in the clean energy
and value chains. It stresses sector for about 25 years, the time to act is now.
clean hydrogen as one Towards a hydrogen ecosystem in Europe:

of the essential areas to a roadmap to 2050
(I) Hydrogen Production, Carbon Reduction and
address in the context Relative Competitiveness
of the energy transition, Hydrogen may be produced through a variety of
and mentions a number processes. These production pathways are associated
with a wide range of emissions, depending on
of possible avenues to the technology and energy source used and
have different costs implications and material
support it. requirements: (1)‘Electricity-based hydrogen’ refers

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