Hydrogen Europe Position Paper September 2023 | REPowering the EU with Hydrogen Valleys

Hydrogen Europe Position Paper September 2023 REPowering the EU with Hydrogen Valleys (roadmap

Key recommendations:

• Continuous efforts are needed to raise the awareness of Hydrogen Valleys across the EU, as well as “exporting” the concept globally.

• Guidance should be provided on the optimal locations across the EU for the development of Hydrogen Valley projects, with efforts to interconnect them with other major hydrogen projects (e.g., PCI, PMI, TEN-E, TEN-T, EHB, IPCEIs) within the planification processes for the development of future infrastructure.

• Simplification and finalization of the ongoing legislative process and increase of support for transposition of energy and climate laws in Member States, through capacity building and support programmes for national and regional administrations, in order to avoid improper transposition and tightening of applicable rules within the national regulatory frameworks.

• Simplification of processes and increase of flexibility for applicants in different funding sources. To ensure that projects can receive the support required to leverage the necessary private investment to enable the deployment of Hydrogen Valleys across Europe, and the establishment of technical assistance on access of other sources of funding to allow for a combination of different funding mechanisms.

• Hydrogen Valley in combination with existing EU supported projects and the future Net Zero Academies provide the perfect environment to the development of hydrogen curricula for the needed workforce, therefore targeted funding for skills development and stronger links between projects should be established.

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