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The Hydrogen Strategy presents a specific set of measures to create the conditions for
hydrogen to contribute to decarbonising the economy in a cost-effective way and outlines
phases to gradually scale up its production to ensure that from 2030 onwards and towards
2050 renewable hydrogen technologies are capable of reaching maturity and can be
deployed at large scale in hard-to-decarbonise sectors, where other alternatives might not
be feasible or have higher costs.
The Commission will implement these strategies through many actions. Let me mention
the reviews of the Renewable Energy Directive, the Energy Efficiency Directive, the
Energy Taxation Directive and the State aid framework, as some of the most relevant.
The Commission will also consider the possibility to extend the European emission
trading system to new sectors and review the internal gas market legislation. EU funding
instruments will complement these actions also in the context of the COVID-19
recovery.
There is little doubt that the full decarbonisation of the building sector will require the
mobilisation of all types of renewable and low-carbon energy sources, carriers and
infrastructures. These may, in the long term, include hydrogen and other gases produced
from renewable electricity where these are efficient, taking into account also other
technologies, such as highly efficient heat pumps, that are already available and efficient
for the decarbonisation of buildings.
The Commission will address these issues in the relevant upcoming initiatives under the
European Green Deal, and as announced in the Energy System Integration and Hydrogen
Strategies.
Your contribution to these initiatives will be valuable and I am looking forward to our
continued and constructive dialogue.
Yours sincerely,
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