Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD)

Register Here This new work stream aims to bring together stakeholders, including policymakers and industry on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around this topic, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. CCfD are being discussed as one of the most promising options to foster the deployment of low-carbon industrial technologies. CCfD are one […]

Hydrogen and decarbonised gas market package

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This is a hybrid meeting by invitation only, if you wish to participate please contact: Antonio Fernandez This new workstream aims to bring together stakeholders, including policymakers and industry on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around the topic of hydrogen, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. This meeting will take stock of the […]

Hydrogen: completing the regulatory puzzle

Drawing on the lessons of a previous stock-take on the topic discussed in December 2021, this meeting intended to identify main gaps in the current EU regulatory framework for hydrogen following the publication of the hydrogen and decarbonized gas market package and other relevant legislative acts, such as the Delegated Act on Renewable Fuels of […]

The International Dimension of Hydrogen

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles

This workstream aims to bring together stakeholders, including policymakers and industry on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around the topic of hydrogen, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. ERCST has accompanied EU institutions and stakeholders in the different stages of the hydrogen regulatory process, identifying missing pieces and shedding more light on […]

Designing Carbon Contracts for Difference

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles

This workstream aims to bring together stakeholders, including policymakers and industry on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around this topic, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. CCfDs are discussed as one of the most promising alternatives to foster the deployment of low-carbon industrial technologies. However, it is still uncertain how CCfDs can […]

“Crunch issues” in the hydrogen and gas Directive

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This meeting intended to shed more light on some key issues in the, back then, proposed Hydrogen and Gas Directive. Namely: the definition for low carbon hydrogen, the regulatory principles for third-party access and the alignment of the proposal with the energy system integration strategy. This meeting intended to have a substantive discussion on a […]

Hydrogen and the RED Delegated Acts

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles

On May 20th the European Commission published two delegated acts which are essential to complete the definition of RFNBOs (Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin) and hence to determine the role renewable hydrogen will play in EU decarbonization. In concrete: Delegated act on the methodology setting out the rules for the production of RFNBOs. Delegated act […]

Hydrogen: State of play of the regulatory framework

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles

This meeting intends to focus on key pieces of legislation (i.e. revision of the RED and the recently proposed RED Delegated Acts, the hydrogen and decarbonized gas market package, the EU ETS and CBAM). This meeting will start with a presentation by ERCST, outlining some of the key developments in the hydrogen regulatory framework in […]

(Carbon) Contracts for Difference: Priorities and Red Lines for the EU Scheme

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This workstream aims to bring together stakeholders, including policymakers and industry on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around the topic of (C)CfDs, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. (C)CfDs are discussed as one of the most promising alternatives to foster the deployment of low-carbon industrial technologies. However, it is still uncertain how […]

Certification of hydrogen and hydrogen-based end products

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles

This workstream aims to bring together stakeholders and policymakers on a regular basis to discuss substantive issues around the hydrogen policy and regulatory framework, informed by original intellectual input from ERCST. This meeting focused on the following issues: Why is certification of hydrogen and hydrogen-based products important? What is the relation between the different standards […]

The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles

On December 13th the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement to introduce an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Although not part of the initial European Commission Proposal, CBAM will also apply to hydrogen together with cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, and electricity. During this meeting we took stock of the implications […]

The inclusion of hydrogen in the EU CBAM, ERCST’s assessment

ERCST Rue Archimède 61, Bruxelles

On December 13th the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement to introduce an EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Although not part of the initial European Commission Proposal, CBAM will also apply to hydrogen together with cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilisers, and electricity. During this meeting ERCST presented the assessment’s conclusions concerning […]