Esta es la versión HTML de un fichero adjunto a una solicitud de acceso a la información 'DG Move -minutes of meeting -energy stakeholder'.



Ref. Ares(2021)3395808 - 21/05/2021
Hydrogen Europe General Assembly 
virtual meeting 
15/12/2020 15:00 
 
•  It is a real pleasure to speak to you today at the Hydrogen Europe General 
Assembly. These are extraordinary times in many ways, with the situation of 
the Covid-19 crisis, but also the Brexit, the new MFF coming soon into play 
and with our new Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strateby being adopted last 
week! So it is excellent to be here with you in this way. 
•  First of all, let me congratulate you on all the good work of your association 
up until now.  
•  I strongly believe that hydrogen is a key solution for the future mobility and 
transport across all modes. Hydrogen is getting a lot of momentum now, and 
rightfully so! 
•  The new Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy is a major milestone for the 
further development of the transport policy at European level. It sends a clear 
message: Greening mobility must be the new licence for the transport sector 
to grow.  
•  The strategy sets out an ambitious pathway with appropriate milestones for 
the sector. It comes together with an action plan that sets out 82 concrete 
initiatives.  
•  A number of these initiatives articulate further measures that we are going to 
take to accelerate the overall market uptake of clean hydrogen, fuel-cell 
vehicles and infrastructure
: 
o  As regards buses, the numbers are still limited, but we see that 
more and more cities and regions are deploying them. The revised 
Clean Vehicles Directive is a key push here. I am glad to see that 
we have a good pipeline of projects prepared under the Connecting 
Europe Facility.   
o  When it comes to trucks, I am excited about the action of 
manufacturers. In a few years’ time, we shall see long-distance 
fuel-cell hydrogen trucks enter the market in series production. 
Now we need to accelerate our effort to make hydrogen fuel cells 
widely available option for trucks, but also for coaches. Continued 
joint research efforts via the Clean Hydrogen Europe Joint 
Undertaking will be essential for reaching this goal, in combination 
with the other partnerships under Horizon Europe and later 
deployment in CEF, ESIF, InvestEU and RRF. 
1/3 

o  As regards rail, hydrogen trains are a perfect solution to replace 
diesel engines on that part of the network, which could not be 
electrified. It is good to see the first larger fleet projects here.   
o  We  also  need  to  watch Hydrogen-derived fuels - synthetic fuels 
that are mainly produced from hydrogen. They provide a key 
solution for emission reduction in aviation and shipping.  
o  But it is not only about fuels in those modes. In our strategy we set 
the ambitious milestone of having zero-emission vessels by 2030 
and zero-emission aircraft by 2035 ready for the market.  
•  So, what are the key actions? 
1.  DG MOVE is actively working on the RefuelEU Aviation and FuelEU 
Maritime initiatives to scale up the market demand and (directly or 
indirectly) the market supply for sustainable alternative fuels, including 
synthetic fuels, by the end of quarter 1 of 2021. These initiatives will 
complement the review of the Renewable Energy Directive (Q2 2021).  
2.  The review of the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive with the 
rollout of a sufficiently dense infrastructure for hydrogen refuelling (Q2 
2021). 
3.  The revision of the TEN-T Regulation to ensure full connectivity of the 
TEN-T network with alternative fuels infrastructure. 
4.  Recovery and Resilience Facility: we are pushing Member States to 
prioritise investment into clean hydrogen as one of the essential areas to 
address in the context of the energy transition. 
5.  Connecting Europe Facility and InvestEU – for CEF, we propose a large 
investment into alternative fuels infrastructure, frontloaded through a 
blending facility for the first years.  InvestEU provides a real opportunity 
now to support fleet renewal and market take up of hydrogen fuel-cell 
vehicles. Let us make use of it! 
6.  Horizon Europe, and the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, will 
continue to play its key support role for R&I.  
•  A last word on the important point of full industrial value chain organisation: 
•  The Commission has launched earlier this year the European Clean Hydrogen 
Alliance - building on the success of the Battery Alliance.  
•  You are fully involved in the organisation of the mobility roundtable under 
this Alliance. For us, it is also a priority to contribute to making this 
roundtable a success.  
•  We will also consider in the months to come the needs and benefits of a 
complementary Low-Carbon and Renewable Fuels initiative to ensure that the 
2/3 

ramp up of the production and distribution of such fuels gets the highest level 
of attention and action it deserves.  
•  Ladies and gentlemen, you understand our ambition and the challenges that 
lie ahead of us all. I hope that we can realise many of them in 2021 and I am 
looking forward to continue our cooperation. On that very positive note I 
would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a good start of the 
New Year! 
 
3/3