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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12641

22 January 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 37
SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
Some 30 organisations call on Commission not to promote direct use of hydrogen for buildings
Brussels, 21/01/2021 (Agence Europe)

A coalition of 33 companies, industry associations, NGOs and think tanks sent an open letter to the European Commission on Wednesday 20 January asking it to prioritise energy efficiency and the integration of renewable energies rather than the use of hydrogen to decarbonise Europe’s building stock.

This call comes one day after a speech by the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, at the ‘Hydrogen Council’, in which she stated that “Clean hydrogen (...) can power heavy...

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