Thread by @Bellona_EU

1/9 Dedicating #RenewableElectricity to #Hydrogen cannot free the EU from #RussianGas.⚠️ What can, is using renewable electricity efficiently.
📚Read what #REPowerEU gets wrong and how to make it right.
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bit.ly/360hDvx
#REPowerEU #RenewableHydrogen #Fitfor55 #REDII

2/9 How we use each TWh of electricity has a huge impact on whether we break free⛓️ from #RussianGas.

Using it in #HeatPumps displaces three times more fossil gas than using it to produce.👇
#RenewableHydrogen.

3/9 #REPowerEU foresees the total installed wind 🌬️& PV ☀️capacity to increase from today’s 360 GW to almost 1000 GW + 80 GW of renewables earmarked for #H2.

This will produce over 1000 TWh of electricity⚡️ per year. That’s the 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪 demand combined.

4/9 More than 1000TWh of #RenewableElectricity⚡️ =up to 198 BCM of fossil gas displaced (155 BCM= RU imports)
#REPowerEU’s current plans don’t break the EU free from Russian🇷🇺gas.
This, despite the EU having the opportunity to get this right elsewhere also bit.ly/360lWXU

5/9 The current #REPowerEU plans for significant #RenewableHydrogen production. But, hydrogen is not efficient in displacing gas.⚠️ With this scenario, the EU🇪🇺 will still need to rely on 24BCM of Russian🇷🇺 gas.
@FredSimonEU @KiraTaylor15 @ZiaWeise @KarlMathiesen @america_hdz

6/9 Phasing out gas-powered electricity generation & dedicating all the remaining #RenewableElectricity for heat pumps displaces the most gas possible. An approach that the Commission🇪🇺 has equally ignored in the Sustainable Finance #Taxonomy.⚠️
📚More: bit.ly/3u1C5nM

7/9 A mixed🥣approach dedicating only the 80 additional GW of capacity to hydrogen and the rest to heat pumps enables the EU🇪🇺 to break free⛓️ from Russian🇷🇺 gas and still deploy the #HydrogenEconomy.

8/9 TL;DR 👉focus on efficient use of #RenewableElectricity to break free⛓️ from 🇷🇺 gas

Choose direct electrification⚡️, not replacing fossil gas w/h2 ⚠️

Earmark #REPowerEU's 80GW for H2 production to kick-start market

Align H2 & Ren. Elec. Targets🎯 (+ #additionality)

9/9 🗓️Tomorrow, Bellona’s Policy Advisor Renewable Energy Systems @LoviMarta will be speaking about this at an @ERCST_org event on the Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Package👇
bit.ly/3idi7Bb