“Hydrogen for Europe” study launch
We are proud to announce the launch of the Hydrogen for Europe study, nearly two years after its inception!
The EU’s ambition to reach climate neutrality by 2050 has recently pushed hydrogen at the top of the European energy policy agenda as the limits of electrification became clear alongside the need to find a solution for the decarbonization of hard-to-abate sectors.
As Europe prepares to roll out legislation aimed at accelerating the production of hydrogen, Hydrogen for Europe charts two potential pathways “ Technology diversity” and “Renewable Push” with an in-depth look at their implications, based on actual European targets and transparent modelling frameworks. The research project looks at the technology mix, cost of the transition, and risks associated with different policy choices.
It finds that the contribution of hydrogen to decarbonizing the EU’s energy system can well exceed EU projections, with demand potentially exceeding 100 million tonnes of H2 by 2050. It also stressed the essential role played by low-carbon hydrogen (which can be produced from natural gas in combination with CCS, or methane pyrolysis) can play in supporting the deployment of renewable hydrogen and the integration of higher volumes of renewable energy overall.
In both scenarios, renewable hydrogen production scales up rapidly after 2030. However, a more diverse technology mix enables a lower-cost (€1 trillion less from now until 2050) and a more effective pathway to EU climate neutrality by 2050.
The study was conducted by research partners IFP Énergies Nouvelles (IFPEN) , SINTEF and Deloitte on behalf of the funding partners of Hydrogen for Europe of which includes IOGP and some of its Member companies.
About the project partners
Hydrogen4EU is a cross-sectoral research project aiming to concretely assess the potential contribution of low-carbon and renewable hydrogen in reaching the European energy transition goals. Based on modelling prepared by the project’s Research partners, IFP Énergies Nouvelles (research), SINTEF (research) and Deloitte (project management), the project aims to chart pathways exploring the role of hydrogen in a decarbonized European energy system. The research was funded by 17 partners: BP, ConocoPhillips, Concawe, ENI, Equinor, Ervia, ExxonMobil, Gassco, Hydrogen Europe, IOGP, Norwegian Oil & Gas Association, OMV, Shell, Snam, Total, Wintershall Dea, Zukunft Gas.
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Advancing a Competitive, Resilient, and Integrated Energy Market

IOGP Europe Response to the Consultation on the Review of the Taxonomy Climate Delegated Act

Joint Statement: Reality Check for European Hydrogen Policy to Adjust the Course

The Case for a European CCS Bank

The Joint Statement on the Low-Carbon Fuels certification draft Delegated Act

IOGP response to the public consultation on the draft Methodology to determine the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission savings of low-carbon fuels

Joint EGEC-IOGP Europe recommendations: Accelerating the deployment of Geothermal in Europe

IOGP Europe key principles on a future regulatory framework for CO2 transport infrastructure

Joint Statement – Harnessing the IPCEI mechanism for CCS in Europe

Joint Statement on the Low-Carbon Fuels certification Delegated Act

GasNaturally Letter to Competitiveness Council 23 May 2024

IOGP Europe recommendations on the Delegated Act specifying a methodology for assessing GHG emissions savings from low-carbon fuels and low-carbon hydrogen

Rebalancing Europe’s Gas Supply Second Edition

IOGP consultation response: Rationalisation of reporting requirements

Creating a sustainable business case for CCS value chains

Map of CO2 storage Projects in Europe

IOGP Europe position on the EU Industrial Carbon Management

IOGP position paper on the European Commission’s public consultation on the EU climate target for 2040

IOGP Europe feedback on Net Zero Industry Act proposal

Joint industry statement on the EU Taxonomy

IOGP response on Competitive Bidding schemes for hydrogen under the Innovation Fund

IOGP response on revamping the Strategic Energy Technology (SET) Plan

IOGP views on the proposed Regulation amending Regulation (EU) 2021/241 as regards REPowerEU chapters in Recovery and Resilience Plans

IOGP response to the consultation on certification of carbon removals – EU rules

IOGP response to the public consultation on the Hydrogen and Decarbonized Gas Market package

IOGP comments to R. W. Howarth and M. Z. Jacobson (2021): How Green is Blue Hydrogen?

Re-Stream – Study on the reuse of oil and gas infrastructure for hydrogen and CCS in Europe

IOGP response to the public consultation on the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD) proposal

IOGP response to the public consultation on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) proposal

IOGP feedback to the European Commission’s Roadmap on restoring sustainable carbon cycles

IOGP response to the public consultation on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) proposal

IOGP position on the revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) Directive

IOGP response to the public consultation on the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) proposal

IOGP response to the public consultation on the FuelEU Maritime proposal

IOGP response to public consultation on the revised Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Guidelines (CEEAG)

IOGP Paper on metric to use for 2030 targets

IOGP input to the consultation on the Hydrogen and Gas Market Decarbonization Package

IOGP response to the roadmap on the modification of the General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER)

Public consultation on the EU Action Plan “Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil”

IOGP response to consultation on the revision of the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy (EEAG)

IOGP response to the Inception Impact Assessment on the revision of the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy (EEAG) 2014-2020

IOGP views on competition policy supporting the European Green Deal

IOGP statement on the European Commission’s 2030 Climate Target Plan

What’s Right? What’s Wrong? IOGP comments on the ‘EU Strategy for Energy System Integration’ and ‘A hydrogen strategy for a climate neutral Europe’

IOGP written input to the public consultation on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

IOGP views on State aid for environmental protection and energy (EEAG)

IOGP written input to the consultation “2030 Climate Target Plan”

IOGP response to the inception impact assessment concerning the revision of the 2018 Renewable Energy Directive (REDII)

IOGP feedback on the update of EU ETS monitoring and reporting rules (2021-30)

IOGP response to supplementary questions on the EIB Group’s Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025

IOGP response to consultation on the renewed Sustainable Finance strategy

Funding CCS in Europe: key investments for the recovery

IOGP response to the public consultation on the revision of Regulation (EU) 347/2013 on guidelines for TEN-E Regulation

IOGP response to targeted consultation on the revision of Regulation (EU) 347/2013 on guidelines for TEN-E Regulation

IOGP input to the Roadmap on the EU Smart System Integration

IOGP input to the Roadmap on the EU strategy on hydrogen in Europe

IOGP feedback to the Combined Evaluation Roadmap/Inception Impact Assessment on the revision of Regulation (EU) 347/2013 on guidelines for TEN-E

IOGP feedback to the roadmap for a Renovation Wave initiative for public and private buildings

IOGP input to the forthcoming EU Strategy for Energy System Integration

IOGP response to the EIB Group’s Climate Bank Roadmap 2021-2025

Input to the inception impact assessment on the FuelEU Maritime

IOGP feedback to the proposed European Climate Law

Feedback to the impact inception assessment “2030 Climate Target Plan”

New and old CCS projects in Europe: What’s different this time?

IOGP assessment of National Energy and Climate Plans

Methane Management in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry: Policy recommendations in the context of the EU Methane Strategy

Scaling up Hydrogen in Europe

Hydrogen for Europe Pre-study – Key findings

IOGP assessment of draft National Energy and Climate Plans

Hydrogen for Europe

The potential for CCS and CCU in Europe Report to the thirty second meeting of the European Gas Regulatory Forum 5-6 June 2019

LNG – a fast lane to make Europe a leader in clean shipping

OGP contribution to the CCS Directive evaluation

Draghi Report: a pragmatic pathway to Competitiveness, Sustainability, and Resilience

IOGP Europe joined BusinessEurope in industrial permitting task force

Letter: IOGP Europe recommendations on the Hydrogen and Decarbonized Gas Market Package

Towards greater hydrogen production capacity in Europe

Carbon Management Webinars

Manifesto: Oil & Gas Industry Solutions Towards 2030 and 2050

Climate change, purpose & doing the right thing: lessons from COVID-19

Hydrogen for Europe: 1st Working Group Meeting

SPE Europe Energy Conference

Rebalancing Europe’s natural gas supplies – Learnings, future needs, and policy implications

Scaling up the energy transition whilst securing a stable suppy

The Europe CCUS & Hydrogen Decarbonisation Summit

Re-Stream Study Launch Event

Hydrogen4EU Launch Event

Sustainable finance: investor, oil and gas sector and global perspectives

Carbon Management Webinars

Sustainable finance: non-financial disclosure for the oil and gas sector and EU taxonomy in practice
