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July - 2023

Brussels

RGI in collaboration with Hitachi Energy, and with support of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), organised a Modellers’ Exchange Workshop focusing on the role of green hydrogen towards climate neutrality.

Achieving climate neutrality, necessitates the consideration of different technologies.

On the one hand renewables-based, direct electrification gathers consensus and should be prioritised, as the most cost- and resource-efficient way to decarbonise end-users.

On the other, green hydrogen will play a role in specific applications in hard-to-electrify sectors and as long-term storage.

But what are the impacts of green hydrogen deployment on the energy system? What are the infrastructural needs? And what are the barriers and challenges lying ahead?

With these questions in mind and drawing upon previous successful exchanges with energy modellers, RGI facilitated the Modellers' Exchange Workshop “Towards climate neutrality: Role of green hydrogen in future decarbonised and optimised European energy systems”.

The event was organised within the framework of the Paris Agreement Compatible (PAC) Scenario project, in collaboration with Hitachi Energy and with the support of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), a PAC project partner.

A diverse group of about 20 participants, including representatives from the energy modelling community, NGOs, grid operators and demand-side, shared their perspective into the topic.

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Serving as a platform for experts and stakeholders to share their knowledge and exchange ideas, the workshop also addressed:

The green hydrogen targets envisaged in the REPowerEU by 2030 and the impacts on the European energy system;
Different perspectives on the barriers, drivers and opportunities related to the deployment, transport and uptake of green hydrogen;
Potential solutions, including policy, regulatory and governance frameworks, that would enable a swift, cost- and resource-efficient decarbonisation;
The needs across the green hydrogen value chain, including related energy infrastructure as well as potential trade-offs.

Please find below the list of participating organisations, the presentation of the PAC project partners, and the workshop agenda.

Participant organisations

Artelys
BELLONA Europa
Breakthrough Energy
CAN Europe
Climact
Deutsche Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)/ German Aerospace Center
Eurelectric
ENTSO-E
ENTSOG
Eurofer
European Environmental Bureau
European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change
Hitachi Energy
Open Energy Transition
Renewables Grid Initiative
TransnetBW
Transport&Environment
TU Berlin

Presentation

Master presentation with input from RGI, CAN Europe and EEB

Agenda

Networking lunch and registration
Modellers’ Exchange Workshop
13:30 – 14:00	Welcome, agenda and the workshop’s objectives Renewables Grid Initiative and European Environmental Bureau
14:00 – 14:20	Role of green hydrogen in future decarbonised and optimised European energy systems Andrzej Ceglarz (RGI) and Alexandre Oudalov (Hitachi Energy)
14:20 – 14:40	The need for hydrogen infrastructure in 2030 – reality checks Paul Brière (Artelys)
14:40 – 15:00	Energy needs for the decarbonisation pathway of the European steel industry Jean Theo Ghenda (EUROFER)
15:00 – 15:45	Discussion
15:45 – 16:00	Coffee break
16:00 – 16:20	Impacts of the EU H2 and e-fuels targets Simon Suzan (Transport & Environment)
16:20 – 16:40	Decarbonising Europe: The Interplay of Power Transmission and Hydrogen Networks Elisabeth Zeyen (TU Berlin)
16:40 – 17:20	Discussion
17:20 – 17:30	Wrap-up and outlook