The European Union (EU) set itself a goal of creating at least 40 GW of electrolyser capacity within the EU and a goal of using up to 10 million tonnes/year of renewable hydrogen by around 2030 in line with its goal of climate neutrality by 2050 target. Much of this hydrogen is expected to be...

This paper has been developed as part of the support provided to the Regional Economic Development Agency of Stara Zagora through the EU Coal Regions in Transition Initiatives technical assistance facility START. It is one of three reports exploring opportunities for economic development and...

Full decarbonisation of the EU economy will require a significant transformation of the energy system. System integration can help achieve this in a cost-efficient manner. The EU Energy System Integration Strategy "proposes concrete policy and legislative measures at EU level to gradually shape...

In December 2019, the European Commission presented Europe's ambitious objective to become the world's first climate-neutral continent by 2050, with the Green Deal as its blueprint. Subsequently, in 2021 the European Parliament passed the European Climate Law, legally enforcing this target,...

In a context of renewed interest in hydrogen as a means of decarbonising hard-to-abate carbon intensive economic sectors, the European Commission announced the objective of 40 GW electrolyser capacity by 2030 producing up to 5 Mt of renewable hydrogen in its Communication "A hydrogen strategy...

The European Commission published its hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe on the 8th July 2020. This strategy brings different strands of policy action together, covering the entire value chain, as well as the industrial, market and infrastructure angles together with the research and...