During ‘Hydrogen Week’, which came to a close on Thursday 21 November, the organisation representing the European hydrogen industry, Hydrogen Europe, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with India, the event’s exclusive partner, and one with Chile to facilitate inter-industry and public-private exchanges between the EU and these two countries.
At a time when the European Commission has set a target of 10 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen imports by 2030, the focus of this four-day event was on “international trade”, asHydrogen Europe Director Jorgo Chatzimarkakis told the press and the organisation in a press release on Tuesday 19 November.
He also underlined complaints from external partners that the rules are too complicated to compete and enter Europe, threatening “the sector’s take-off” (see EUROPE 13527/13).
It should be noted that ‘Hydrogen Week’ was also targeted by activists simulating the vomiting of a fluorescent green liquid as a sign of protest against fossil fuel companies. They accuse these companies of trying to “camouflage” the ongoing expansion of natural gas and its infrastructures, and of exploiting ecosystems in third countries to speed up Europe’s green transition. (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)