![]() We also need more renewable capacity if we want to achieve our hydrogen goals. We made legislative proposals to make this happen, but European leaders ask us to frontload this work as a matter of urgency. So for the next two years, my goal is to help you take these decisions much faster.įirst, we need to accelerate investments in renewables and address lengthy permitting, both for renewable installations and transmissions. But I’m concerned that less than 10% have taken final investment decision. And I’m very proud to see that 30% of projects planned globally in renewable hydrogen production are located in Europe. To restore our industrial competitiveness, to address the cost of living crisis we need to reduce the role of fossil fuels in our energy system and to drastically cut the cost of producing renewable hydrogen.Ĭosts can only go down once we start seeing deployments on the ground. It was a longer-term factor, but it also led to a lot of innovation and we should be able to show that we can do this again. And we had that experience before: those of us who lived through the 1970s know exactly what happened then, when we also were put in a situation of energy becoming very expensive. Without that cheap energy, without affordable energy, we will not be able to keep the European economy and European society going. ![]() If we think in terms of cheap energy, it’s going to be renewable energy.īut let’s not fool ourselves. We should also be very clear that there’s no going back on cheap fossil fuels. Few people believed at the time that this was possible, but we said we could reduce Russian gas by two thirds and we did it. Even parts of the EU that are not fully enthusiastic about the Green Deal, let me put it very carefully, they are enthusiastic, everyone’s enthusiastic about the need for energy transition.Ĭan we do this? Well, you know, only eight months ago 40% of the gas we consumed in Europe was gas from Russia. We have a unique opportunity to reshuffle our energy mix and to advance much faster than before. But extraordinary circumstances call for extraordinary solutions. ![]() It sounds very ambitious and it is bloody ambitious. You know that we want to get to 20 million tons of renewable hydrogen by 2030: 10 million tons domestically produced, and 10 million tons imports. Since Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine, hydrogen also has to play a key role in our energy transition – a key role in creating European energy sovereignty and weaning us of the dependency of Russian fossil fuels. But we should also put hydrogen on the top of the agenda for the green recovery from the pandemic. Hydrogen is now on the top of our agenda for the European Green Deal. So, even if sometimes we might think things are not moving fast enough, and I sometimes agree with that statement, we’ve already moved tremendous amounts of work in the last three years. Because we started three years ago, and I remember when I asked Commission services: ‘give me a hydrogen plan.’ They said: ‘a what?’ And now, they are fully on board. I’m really pleased that we can be here, because I think it’s about time we did some stocktaking. The virtual conference is free to attend by registering at afternoon. Eastern on April 21, featuring three school transportation directors finding success with propane autogas school buses. ![]() Eastern on April 20, and a virtual alternative roundtable discussion titled “A+ Fuel for School Transportation” is scheduled for 3 p.m. “A Key Energy for a Low-Carbon Future” will be held at 1:50 p.m. In addition to the keynote address, the Propane Council will host two more virtual sessions for attendees. The three-day virtual conference boasts a variety of training and educational opportunities for attendees on the latest advancements in green bus technology and alternative energies for the school transportation industry. Perkins will also compare propane autogas buses to other alternative energy solutions and detail how propane autogas school buses are the best option to accelerate the decarbonization of the school transportation market fastest. Titled “Accelerating Decarbonization with Propane School Buses,” Perkins’ address will detail why more than 1,000 school districts across the country are investing in propane autogas to provide a clean, safe ride to school for their students without sacrificing the performance, affordability and reliability required of a school bus, according to PERC. Perkins will take the virtual stage at 11 a.m.
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