EC Supports 10 Fold Increase in Electrolyser Capacities
Strategic Research Institute
Published on :
16 May, 2022, 6:30 am
European Commissioner for Internal Market Mr Thierry Breton & European electrolyser manufacturers met in Brussels to discuss how to increase industry's capacity to produce electrolysers used to produce clean hydrogen. The Commissioner and 20 industry CEOs signed a Joint Declaration whereby industry committed to a tenfold increase of its electrolyser manufacturing capacities by 2025. This will enable the annual EU production of 10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen by 2030, set as target in the March 2022 REPowerEU Communication. It will improve Europe's sustainable and secure energy supply and reduce EU's reliance on Russian gas.
The Joint Declaration sets out a target agreed by electrolyser manufacturers in Europe to increase their manufacturing capacity tenfold to 17.5 GW per year. It also features Commission actions to put in place a supportive regulatory framework, facilitate access to finance and promote efficient supply chains. Among them:
Ensuring that regulation governing the production of renewable hydrogen support a fast and affordable ramp-up of the market for renewable hydrogen and its production in Europe
Adoption of a recommendation and a legislative proposal on accelerated permitting for renewable energy projects, including renewable hydrogen
Assessment of State aid notification for hydrogen projects as a matter of priority
Commitment by electrolyser manufacturers to apply only with high quality project proposals that are fully aligned with the climate targets and REPowerEU ambition
Collaboration with the EIB to facilitate the financing of electrolyser manufacturing and deployment projects
Establishment of an ‘Electrolyser Partnership' that will bring together electrolyser manufacturers and suppliers of components and materials within the existing structures of the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance
The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance brings together industry, public authorities, civil society and other stakeholders.
European Commission, Thierry Breton, Commissioner for the Internal Market
Hydrogen Europe, Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, CEO
Advent, Vasilis Gregoriou, Chairman and CEO
Convion, Erkko Fontell, CEO
Bosch, Uwe Gackstatter, President – Powertrain Solutions Division
Cummins, Alexei Ustinov, Vice President Electrolyzers
DeNora, Paolo Dellachà, CEO
Elogen, Jean-Baptiste Choimet, Managing Director
Enapter, Sebastian – Justus Schmidt, Chairman
Genvia, Florence Lambert, CEO
Green Hydrogen Systems, Sebastian Koks Andreassen, CEO
Metacon Group, Melissa Verykios, President
H2B2, Africa Castro, Founder and member of the board
HyStar, Fredrik Mowill, CEO
John Cockerill, Jean-Luc Maurange, CEO
McPhy, Jean Baptiste Lucas, CEO
NEL Hydrogen, Jon André Løkke, CEO
Siemens Energy, Stefano Innocenzi, Senior Vice President, New Energy Business
SOLIDpower, Massimo Bertoldi, Deputy CEO
Sunfire, Christopher Frey, Senior Manager Public Affairs
Thyssenkrupp nucera, Denis Krude, CEO
Topsoe, Roeland Baan, CEO