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«È una grande vittoria per la strategia europea di decarbonizzazione del sistema industriale, che viene spinto dai prezzi alti ad aumentare al massimo l’efficienza», spiega Simone Borghesi, esperto internazionale dei mercati del carbonio, direttore dell’area clima nella Florence School of Regulation.

"Objectives are set at the European level to give room for national ambitions, so governments can decide their ambitions, and the Commission can encapsulate them in a European frame. The Commission can then step in if national plans are not respected," Jean-Michel Glachant, Director of the Florence School of Regulation (FSR), told DW.

By  FSRPiero Carlo dos Reis and Jean-Michel Glachant. Hydrogen (H2), an abundant element, has to be produced before being used for processes or as energy fuel. This implies separating it from other elements with which it combines before being used.

By FSR Alberto Pototschnig and Andris Piebalgs. Hydrogen is one of the main pillars – together with increased electrification – of the EU decarbonisation strategy to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

Linking the UK’s recently established carbon market with the EU ETS will take time, with post-Brexit politics rather than technical or design issues likely to stand in the way, FSR Simone Borghesi told Carbon Pulse.

In a landmark new study, the influential Florence School of Regulation (FSR), concludes that “the lowering of technology costs through massive R&D and industrial demonstration support” for all forms of hydrogen (“blue”, “green” and “turquoise”) should be “the highest priority for the EU’s hydrogen strategy”.