2023-07-03 22:00:00
As part of the energy transition, green hydrogen (low-carbon and renewable) represents a high-potential market in which Europe is now positioning itself through major investments.
Considered an energy of the future by the International Energy Agency (IEA), hydrogen should play an important role in the transition to carbon neutrality in all industrial sectors. In the field of transport, fuel cells for electric vehicles make it possible to reduce the use of diesel. In the field of energy, hydrogen can be an electricity storage solution to overcome the intermittency of renewable energies (ENR). The electricity produced in surplus by solar and wind power is then used to produce dihydrogen (H2) by electrolysis of water, and the stored gas is then reinjected into the gas networks. Beyond these new uses, hydrogen has many current applications, particularly in the chemical (for the synthesis of ammonia) and iron and steel (for the manufacture of steel) industries, which are the main consumers.
Currently, more than 95% of hydrogen production is still of fossil origin, which leads to the emission of several million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere each year. The essential condition for the development of the different uses of hydrogen is that it be produced in a carbon-free manner, i.e. mainly by electrolysis, using electricity whose production is itself carbon-free, or by using “CCUS” devices (capture, storage and use of CO2).
Today, the context is particularly favorable to the development of a low-carbon and renewable hydrogen sector: at European level, the European Commission has thus authorized two major projects of common European interest (“IPCEI”). The first, entitled Hy2Tech, covers a large part of the hydrogen technology value chain, while the second, Hy2Use, focuses on the deployment of hydrogen-related infrastructure and hydrogen applications in the sector. industrial. For its part, France has the ambition to become the leader in carbon-free hydrogen. In practice, this ambition translates into a total of 7 billion euros in public support until 2030, following the deployment of the national strategy for the development of carbon-free hydrogen.
As interest in this developing “green” hydrogen sector is growing, it seems important to draw up an inventory of the main key European players. The players in this directory, available for download, are classified by typology, by country, by sector, by profession and by their role in the hydrogen value chain.
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