Hydrogen Europe welcomes today’s publication of the Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy. Achieving climate neutrality in 2050 will require a massive scaling up of renewable energy. Renewable energy and hydrogen are the fundamental and interdependent building blocks to make the European energy system climate neutral. Renewable power producers need hydrogen to grow their business models, and the hydrogen industry needs additional renewable energy capacities to scale up the technology, reduce costs and multiply its uses.
As such, Hydrogen Europe advocates for the development of ‘HydroGenewables’. The hydrogen produced with electrolysers from wind energy will not only balance the power grid as a buffer that stores renewable energy; furthermore, the so-called HydroGenewables will become a new commodity that can be used as a feedstock for industry, fuel for mobility and as an energy carrier. However, hydrogen will only be able to play its bridging role with offshore renewables if the appropriate transport and distribution infrastructure is there to allow for its deployment. In this respect, the Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy needs to be thought of in consistency with the revisions of the TEN-E Regulation and the Ten-Year Network Development Plan (TYNDP).
Secretary General, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis stated the following:
“The renewable energy and hydrogen industries are strategic partners in materialising the EU Hydrogen Strategy’s target for a 40 GW electrolysis capacity post 2030 and the achievement of the EU’s climate targets. When developing the energy system of the future, the EU policy framework must consider the principles of “system efficiency” and “cost-efficiency” while taking into consideration appropriate spatial planning issues. The EU should promote an ecosystem founded on advantageous synergies between renewable energies, such as wind and solar power, hydrogen and the maritime sector. This is also a great opportunity to further develop ‘HydroGenewables’ and hence promote European industrial competitiveness, technologies ‘made in Europe’ and new green jobs.”
Best regards,
Hydrogen Europe Team
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