Safety in the green hydrogen industry
The EU’s Green Deal sets a target of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 50% by 2030, requiring a rapid process of decarbonization of the economy. To this end, among other lines of action, in July of this year the European Commission published the European Hydrogen Strategy (COM (2020) 301
An advanced technological response for the EU’s energy future
On 15 May, the public consultation launched by the European Commission on the “Strategy for Smart Sector Integration” as part of the actions of the European Green Pact ended. The forecast is to present in the coming months an action plan to encourage an interrelation between the energy, industrial and
Taxonomy, key to new sustainable financing of industry and energy
On Wednesday 11 December, the European Commission published the so-called European Green Deal, which was endorsed by the European Council the following day. This extremely important document includes, among other objectives, the ambition of having a climate-neutral continent by 2050 and making the EU the world leader in ‘green’ financing
Energy storage, key to decarbonisation
Prof. Vicente J. Cortés, presidente de INERCO (Fuente: Especial Energía ‘El Economista’) The energy and climate change policies of the European Union for the decarbonisation of the economy revolve around three main axes: the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, a greater proportion of renewables in end consumption and improvement of energy
Complete decarbonisation of the economy: A Reasonable target?
It is surprising the way that in recent days and with greater intensity since COP21, we have seen the status of universal axiom [1] conferred onto an apparently demonstrated biunivocal correlation, which shows a strangely precise mathematical relationship between the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere and the rise in
Moving towards a Low-Carbon Economy
The term “low-carbon economy” refers to an economy and a society that produce lower levels of CO2 emissions than those required for the long-term stabilisation of atmospheric carbon concentration. The EU has made itself the world leader in efforts to “decarbonise” the economy, and was part of the “high ambition