To facilitate investment in clean hydrogen, the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance has identified a number of viable investment projects. In particular, it has drawn up a ‘pipeline’ to help create integrated European hydrogen value chains and profile projects, especially with investors.
Who is the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance?
The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance aims to support the large-scale implementation of clean hydrogen technologies by 2030. It was founded in July 2020 under the auspices of DG GROW, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for the Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs.
The alliance brings together exponents of different nationalities from industry, public authorities, civil society and various other stakeholders. In particular, Italian exponents include the names of:
- ACEA (Municipal Energy and Environment Company)
- Ancitel Energy and Environment
- ANGAM (National Association of Environmental Managers)
- Ansaldo Energia
- CLM (Cluster Lombardo della Mobilità)
- Clust-ER Greentech Emilia-Romagna
- Confindustria
- DiTNE (National Energy Technology District)
- Edison
- Elettricità Futura
- ENEA (National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development)
- Enel
- ENI
- Fincantieri
- H2IT (Italian Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Association)
- Polytechnic of Milan
- Polytechnic of Turin – CARS Centre
- Lazio Region
- Piedmont Region
- Saipem
- Snam
- Tenaris
Specifically, this alliance aims to promote investment and stimulate the production and use of clean hydrogen. It represents a concrete commitment by the European Union to accelerate the decarbonisation of the industry, in line with climate change mitigation goals.
The pipeline of new hydrogen projects
The pipeline of projects created by the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance was first presented at the European Hydrogen Forum in November 2021 and subsequently complemented in 2022. Today it includes more than 840 projects across the entire value chain, namely:
- hydrogen production
- transmission and distribution
- applications in industry, transport, energy systems and buildings.
Many projects concern the production of hydrogen and its use in specific sectors such as chemicals, oil refining, steel processing or transport, especially heavy road and maritime transport. These are projects located throughout Europe, many of which are planned to be realised by the end of 2025.
In defining the pipeline, the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance took into account a number of criteria, including scope, size, impact, project maturity and emission reduction.
It should be noted that the inclusion of projects in the pipeline does not bring any direct financial or regulatory benefits and that the alliance does not allocate any funding to projects.
The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance’s pipeline also includes some particularly relevant Italian projects:
- Light-activated hydrogen storage by Hydrogen Energy Srl (Apulia)
- Hydrogen pilot lines by ENEA (Lazio)
- La Spezia Hydrogen Project by Enel S.p.A. (Liguria)
- Electrified reactors for CO2 utilisation by Rosetti Marino S.p.A. (Emilia-Romagna)
- Sustainable Taranto Refinery by Enel S.p.A. (Abruzzo-Apulia)
- Green Giano tugboat project by Rosetti Marino S.p.A. (Emilia-Romagna)
- H2iseO: hydrogen production plant in Brescia by Snam S.p.A. (Lombardy)
- Dalmine Zero Emissions – Phase 1 and Phase 2 of Dalmine SpA (Lombardy)
- Multi MW electrolyser for refinery applications by Edison SpA (Italy)
- Venezia Green Valley by SAPIO Produzione Idrogeno Ossigeno srl (Veneto).
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Simplifhy’s role in hydrogen production, storage and utilisation
As a solution provider specialised in hydrogen, we at Simplifhy play an important role in many Italian projects included in the pipeline of the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance.
Specifically, we are able to support companies in the design and implementation of innovative solutions for the production, storage and utilisation of hydrogen. In fact, we are convinced that hydrogen represents a key energy vector for the decarbonisation of industry and mobility.
In particular, we propose ourselves as a single point of reference in the design and feasibility study, engineering and execution of projects, hydrogen transport, installation and maintenance of systems.
Contact us for the design and implementation of your hydrogen system.
