Improving the efficiency with which energy is consumed by end-users is a central theme of the European Union’s energy policy. Energy efficiency constitutes one of the five dimensions of the European Commission’s Energy Union Strategy, designed to enhance energy security, sustainability and competitiveness. It is one of the fastest and most cost effective ways to reduce CO2 emissions, contribute to energy security, and help to create new jobs and make European organisations more competitive.

The JRC provides key scientific support to the third dimension of the Energy Union (Energy Efficiency Contributing to the Moderation of Demand) and assesses the role of the efficiency improvements in reducing GHG emissions in energy intensive industries in support of the EU Emission Trading System (one component of the fourth dimension of the Energy Union).

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Today, a group of eleven European gas infrastructure companies from nine EU member states present a plan for a dedicated hydrogen transport infrastructure. New research shows that existing gas infrastructure can be modified to transport hydrogen at an affordable cost.

The plan has been developed by Enagás, Energinet, Fluxys Belgium, Gasunie, GRTgaz, NET4GAS, OGE, ONTRAS, Teréga, Snam and Swedegas. The companies foresee a network gradually emerging from the mid-2020s onwards to an initial 6,800 km pipeline network by 2030, connecting ‘hydrogen valleys’.

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