Renewable Hydrogen Coalition

🫵 Renewable Hydrogen Coalition CEOs urge policy makers to stay the course and scale up renewable hydrogen!   At the end of February, the new European Commission will publish its Clean Industrial Deal, setting out their plan to deliver Europe’s transition to climate neutrality and industrial #competitiveness. 🌍 Europe has rightly adopted an ambitious legislative framework for #renewablehydrogen for hard-to-electrify sectors. While Europe is leading on hydrogen project announcements, it is lagging on committed investments across the value chain. Bold actions are required over the next few months to boost uptake across the European Union as we enter this critical implementation phase for our sector.  We need the following to ensure the competitiveness of the European renewable hydrogen industry:  🟢 Prioritise renewable hydrogen in all measures – focus will ensure impact and scale. 🟢 Fast implementation of adopted legislation and streamlined permitting for projects. 🟢 Close the cost gap with fossil incumbent alternatives by increasing public support, allowing cumulation of funding and leveraging de-risking tools. 🟢 Create GREEN lead markets for products made with renewable hydrogen to help deliver the adopted EU RFNBO targets. 🟢 Build a resilient value chain – turn Europe’s innovation edge in electrolyser technologies into industrial leadership, level the playing field on the EU single market. Policy makers now is the time for decisive action for the future of our industries, cleantech and jobs! More recommendations to come, watch this space. Watch the full video here 📽️ ⤵️ EDP, Nel Hydrogen, Battolyser Systems, Topsoe, Smartenergy, Ana Quelhas, Håkon Volldal, Mattijs Slee, Sundus Cordelia Ramli, Christian Pho Duc

📣 The European Commission has today published the Clean Industrial Deal – setting out its plan for a competitive and decarbonised European industry. The publication of the Clean Industrial Deal (CID) within the first 100 days of the new European Commission signals the EU’s commitment to accelerating #decarbonisation as a key driver of growth for European industries, providing more certainty and predictability for businesses and investors and strengthening the business case for renewable hydrogen by unlocking new demand opportunities and providing stronger de-risking tools.    🔑 Key measures in the CID include:  ✅ Focus on electrification with complementarity of renewable hydrogen for hard-to-electrify sectors.  ✅ Creation of lead markets through the uptake of renewable hydrogen.  ✅ Launch of the third Hydrogen Bank auction with a budget of up to €1 billion in Q3 2025, facilitating the use of unspent EU funds to help close the persisting major cost gap.   ✅ EU-made preference in public procurement and funding.  ✅ Supportive State Aid Framework providing investment predictability and simpler access to public funding.  ✅ A greater use of guarantees to unlock private capital. While certainty and focus has been ensured on the supply side, it is now crucial to ensure the same coherence on the demand side in the CID to create a market and help deliver the Renewable Fuels of Non-biological Origin (#RFNBO) targets. We look forward to working with the Commission to shape the details of this plan and to ensure that #renewablehydrogen plays its full role in Europe's clean industrial future. More related updates to come! Watch this space 📌

What’s in store for renewable hydrogen with the Clean Industrial Deal? – Recommended dos and don’ts for policy makers.   This week, the European Commission will publish its Clean Industrial Deal. The Renewable Hydrogen Coalition has 5 key recommendations to policy makers to make it a success and unlock the transformative power of renewable hydrogen for industry in Europe.   The #CleanIndustrialDeal MUST be a catalyst for Europe’s leadership in renewable hydrogen – not an obstacle. While certainty and focus has been ensured on the supply side, it is now crucial to ensure the SAME coherence on the demand side in the Clean Industrial Deal to create a market and help deliver the Renewable Fuels of Non-biological Origin (RFNBO) targets.   What the Clean Industrial Deal SHOULD NOT do:   🚫 Consider renewable hydrogen and low-carbon hydrogen equal. 🚫 Use lead markets to introduce low-carbon hydrogen targets by the back door 🚫 Label products solely based on their carbon footprint. 🚫 Open the European Hydrogen Bank to other decarbonisation solutions 🚫 Create fossil fuel lock-in and displace investment in cleaner solutions   What the Clean Industrial Deal MUST do instead: ✅Set a clear preference for renewable hydrogen and derived products. ✅Enable informed end-consumer choices via product labelling reflecting energy sources used for hydrogen production. ✅ Maintain the European Hydrogen Bank focused on renewable hydrogen and provide proper budget. ✅ Cut permitting times. Clear and decisive actions are needed to boost the uptake of RH2 across Europe as we enter this critical implementation phase for the sector! We have the technology and the ambition. Now, we need a Clean Industrial Deal that empowers industry to invest in renewable hydrogen. Policy makers let’s build a clean, competitive, and resilient industrial future here in Europe.   See our 5 recommendations to policy makers here https://lnkd.in/dhZsJjzj Kurt Vandenberghe | Aleksandra Barańska | Kamil Talbi | Tudor Constantinescu | Ditte JUUL-JOERGENSEN | Mechthild Wörsdörfer | Lukasz Kolinski | Antonio Lopez-Nicolas | Ruud Kempener | Bernd Kuepker | Kitti Nyitrai | Joachim Balke | Joan CANTON | Cecilia Serrano- Piedecasas | Kerstin Jorna | @Alexandre Paquot | Johanna Schiele | Ewelina Daniel

📣 📗 NOW AVAILABLE - New Renewable Hydrogen Coalition recommendations for a successful Clean Industrial Deal. Next week, the Clean Industrial Deal will be published by the European Commission, outlining the plan to ensure Europe’s future industrial competitiveness. For the renewable hydrogen sector, the #CleanIndustrialDeal is our opportunity to scale up the sector and secure Europe's leadership in RH2. However, more urgent action is needed to turn project announcements into deployment so that #RH2 becomes a cornerstone of Europe's clean industrial transformation!  We outline our 5️⃣ key recommendations for policy makers’ action:  🟢 Unlock demand for renewable hydrogen by creating green lead markets and making public funding fit for scaling up, redirecting unused EU funds under the European Hydrogen Bank.  🟢 Enable access to low-cost renewable electricity used to produce RH2.  🟢 Build fit-for-purpose integrated energy infrastructure for affordable renewable hydrogen.  🟢 Promote jobs and value creation in Europe through electrolyser manufacturing.  🟢 Keep legal certainty for the renewable hydrogen sector (production rules, targets and market design) for 2030 and 2035 - set 2040 EU targets for renewable hydrogen. 📘 Read our detailed recommendations here in our latest publication ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/dhZsJjzj This is a critical moment for the future of the renewable hydrogen industry. The Clean Industrial Deal must provide an immediate plan to scale up renewable hydrogen in Europe NOW! Kurt Vandenberghe | Aleksandra Barańska, | Kamil Talbi | Tudor Constantinescu | Ditte JUUL-JOERGENSEN | Mechthild Wörsdörfer | Lukasz Kolinski | Antonio Lopez-Nicolas | Ruud Kempener | Bernd Kuepker | Kitti Nyitrai | Joachim Balke | Joan CANTON | Cecilia Serrano- Piedecasas | Kerstin Jorna | Alexandre Paquot | Johanna Schiele | Ewelina Daniel

📢 New renewable hydrogen project goes online – operations begin at Finland's first industrial-scale green hydrogen plant. Congratulations to Sunfire and P2X Solutions Oy on this milestone! Momentum is building, and projects like this prove that #renewablehydrogen isn’t just the future – it’s happening now. 💚⚡

Important discussions on the future of renewable hydrogen at the III #SummitStorageandRenewableHydrogen organised by the Spanish photovoltaic association UNEF Spanish Solar Association! ⚡ 🌍 José Manuel Pérez Rodríguez, Head of Energy Policy & Regulation, Spain at EDP, opened day 2️⃣ of the summit on behalf of the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, presenting the latest facts and figures plus the key challenges facing the sector. Our thanks to the summit organisers and to José! Spain is one of the leading EU countries on #renewablehydrogen, and EDP co-chairs the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition. More details about the presentation below 👇

📢 📘 Joint Letter: Hydrogen sector urges decisive action to accelerate hydrogen deployment in Europe with the Clean Industrial Deal   Renewable Hydrogen Coalition together with Hydrogen Europe, Hydrogen Council and IPHE (International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy) shared a joint letter with Executive Vice-President for the Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera and Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen following up on our in-person meeting in January.   🌍 We thank the new European Commission for reaffirming their commitment to hydrogen and working together to accelerate action on Europe’s competitiveness with the Clean Industrial Deal.   Specifically, we laid out the following 3️⃣ common recommendations: ✅ Incentivise the development of Lead Markets for sustainable products ✅ Streamline funding instruments and allow cumulation of support instruments ✅ Enhance funding instruments and de-risking tools across the value chain to support hydrogen deployment.   We stand ready to continue this dialogue and support all efforts to unlock Europe’s hydrogen potential for its industry and the climate. Europe must move from ambition to implementation! 🔗 Read the Joint Letter here: https://lnkd.in/dhZsJjzj

Reminder: The Second European Hydrogen Bank Auction Deadline is Approaching!🚨 🔔 Mark your calendars! The deadline for bidders is 20 February 2025. 👉 Why this matters: 💠 A robust €2 billion budget is available to boost renewable hydrogen production in Europe. 💠 A new resilience criterion strengthening Europe's strategic sovereignty in electrolyser technologies. 💡 We call on to Member States to avail of this opportunity and leverage the the Bank's "Auction as a Service" model to streamline funding access for national projects, cut costs and bureaucracy. Apply now via the EU Funding and Tenders Portal ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/eE2EfqwA Read the original European Commission Press Release ⤵️ https://lnkd.in/ejS7z2M9

Today, the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition participated in a joint sit-down with other hydrogen industry associations on the invitation of European Commission Executive Vice-President for the Clean, Just and Competitive Transition Teresa Ribera, and Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen.   We presented recommendations on how to improve funding of projects and reinforce the adopted EU framework to unlock demand for renewable hydrogen 🔓🌍   We are very grateful for such a targeted and open exchange at the very beginning of 2025 and the new political mandate. This demonstrates the continued commitment of the European Commission to make Europe a leader in renewable hydrogen and make it a key part of the energy transition to decarbonise Europe 🌿   Thank you to Commissioners Ribera and Jørgensen for organising today's meeting and to the other attendees for a fruitful discussion: Hydrogen Europe, the Hydrogen Council, IPHE (International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy), and Co-chair of the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, Ana Quelhas. We look forward to continued discussions to turn ambition in tangible actions!

🚨We are hiring! 2️⃣ job opportunities in Renewable Hydrogen 🌍💧 The Renewable Hydrogen Coalition is currently hiring for the following positions to join our dynamic team in Brussels! 💠 EU Policy Manager 💠 EU Policy & Communications Officer Are you passionate about the future of renewable energy in Europe? Do you want to play a role in advocating for the interests of the renewable hydrogen sector and in shaping the future of the sector as a key solution to the decarbonisation of Europe? Then this is the perfect opportunity for you! 👉 How to Apply: Apply for either position by 24 January 2025 via the following links: https://lnkd.in/e9z3vu2M https://lnkd.in/eQBb7xMt 💡 About Us: The Renewable Hydrogen Coalition promotes the critical role of renewable hydrogen to deliver the EU’s long-term decarbonisation goals. Established by SolarPower Europe, WindEurope, and Breakthrough Energy , the Coalition is the voice of leading companies, innovative start-ups, investors, and industrial off-takers all dedicated to making Europe the global leader in renewable hydrogen solutions. Apply today and play your part in driving Europe's energy transition 💚🌱 #BrusselsJobs #EUJobs #EuroBrussels