RepowerEU will scale up hydrogen use in industry
Industry and transport to form 50pc of EU’s 2030 hydrogen demand
European Commission modelling shows dramatic increase in sectoral uptake of the fuel under RepowerEU targets
More than half of EU hydrogen consumption will come from the industrial and transport sectors by 2030, according to modelling by the European Commission, with industrial heat accounting for 3.6mn t/yr, petrochemicals 3.2mn t/yr, transport 2.3mn t/yr, and refineries 2.3mn t/yr. The Commission’s RepowerEU plan sets a target for the EU to produce 10mn t/yr of hydrogen domestically and import a further 10mn t/yr by 2030. This would be double the overall target from the level envisaged by the previous legislation—the ‘Fit for 55’ package. The European Commission modelling tool, called Primes, show this doubling of the target creates economies of scale and lower prices, resulting in more opportuni
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