Hydrogen Roadmap – Survey for the Call for Evidence
Context
During the ERRIN Energy and Climate Working Group meeting dedicated to developments on Hydrogen policy (16 February 2023), the European Commission announced the publication of a European roadmap on Hydrogen Valleys. This roadmap will support the implementation of the Clean Hydrogen Partnership.
The work on this roadmap kick-started on January 2023 by focusing on the challenges and opportunities for the deployment of hydrogen valleys across Europe (more information is accessible here). Moreover, a series of workshops were organised by DG Research and Innovation in February, leading to the signature of a Joint Declaration on Hydrogen Valleys on 1 March 2023.
The S3 Partnerships on Hydrogen Valleys also released a position paper to consider several domains in this roadmap:
Regulatory incentives
Building a dedicated projects pipeline and financial incentives
Research and innovation, skills and public acceptance
Cooperation between Hydrogen Valleys at EU level
ERRIN’s input
The European Commission will soon publish a call for evidence (expected in June 2023 and open for four weeks) to collect further input from multiple stakeholders for the roadmap. In this frame, ERRIN wishes to produce an input paper building on the work of the S3 Partnership on Hydrogen Valleys and collecting ERRIN’s members’ needs, challenges and solutions. The aim of the following questions will be to advocate for a stronger role of regional and local authorities in the development of Hydrogen policies and strategies, including Hydrogen Valleys.
We would kindly ask you to answer this survey before Tuesday 4 July.