Hydrogen for Europe Pre-study – Key findings
Summary
The “Hydrogen for Europe Pre-study – Key findings” is an executive summary of the “Hydrogen for Europe pre-study”.
It is released in view of the main “Hydrogen for Europe” report which is currently being developed by research institutes SINTEF and IFPEN. Delivery expected end of 2020.
The Hydrogen for Europe pre-study commissioned by IOGP and IOGP’s member companies, has been carried out in the context of the ongoing process within the EU on how to fulfil the commitment made to the Paris agreement.
The report gives a summary of the main assessment results of the “Hydrogen for Europe pre-study” addressing three main questions:
- What is the potential for reducing GHG emissions in Europe using hydrogen?
- What is the cost of transitioning the European energy system, from today to 2050, and beyond? Of special interest is the relative cost of transition paths with different degrees of hydrogen utilisation and other paths with no use of hydrogen.
- What is the viability of energy transition paths? Relevant parameters for assessing the viability are technology readiness and possible deployment rates, policy and regulatory risks and barriers, technology safety and social acceptance.
Why Hydrogen?
Hydrogen is an energy carrier that has no greenhouse gas emissions related to it when being used. Hydrogen can be used in the industry, transport sector, power sector and to heat the building stock. Therefore, hydrogen could potentially be part of the solution to achieve the necessary decarbonisation of Europe’s energy system.
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Letter: Open, inclusive, and pragmatic Green Deal Industrial Plan for Europe

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 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 Paper on metric to use for 2030 targets

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

Letter: Call for a technology-inclusive revision of the TEN-E Regulation

Letter: IOGP input on the European Commission’s consultation on the priority list for the development of gas network codes and guidelines for 2021 (and beyond)

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’

Letter: 57 industry leaders call for enhancing gas contribution to decarbonisation

Wide industry coalition call for a Hydrogen Strategy inclusive of all clean hydrogen pathways

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 input to the forthcoming EU Strategy for Energy System Integration

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

Scaling up Hydrogen in Europe

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

Net-Zero Industry Act marks a step change in industrial and climate policy – EU paves way for carbon capture and storage scale-up

Gas market reform marks a step change in EU approach to the transition

New Re-Stream study assesses the feasibility of transport of hydrogen and CO2 in European gas and oil infrastructure

“Hydrogen for Europe” study launch

Towards greater hydrogen production capacity in Europe

Council’s inclusive approach to hydrogen sends strong signal ahead of key legislative year

EU’s hydrogen and energy system vision can only succeed with a more balanced, inclusive approach

Hydrogen for Europe: 1st Working Group Meeting

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
