Evolving energy
A dedicated strategy on hydrogen in the EU was adopted in 2020 to put forward a vision for the creation of a European hydrogen ecosystem in line with the European Green Deal. A roadmap of EU up to 2050, EU Hydrogen strategy, was developed, divided into three phases.
In terms of installed production capacity, it has been suggested:
- 2020-2024, first phase: installment of at least 6 GW of renewable hydrogen electrolyzers, production of up to 1 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen.
- 2025-2030, second phase: installment of at least 40 GW of renewable hydrogen electrolyzers, production of up to 10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen.
For accelerating green hydrogen, the Commission in March 2022 proposed under the REPowerEU Plan the following:
- A target of 10 million tonnes of domestic renewable hydrogen production and 10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen imports by 2030.
- Increased sub-targets for renewable fuels of non-biological origin under the Renewable Energy Directive for industry and transport with the REPowerEU ambition (75% for industry and 5% for transport) by 2030.
- Replacing 8 million tonnes of existing fossil-based hydrogen use.
