{"id":3780,"date":"2022-08-23T10:53:16","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2022-08-23T10:53:21","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T08:53:21","slug":"anfrage-wasserstoff-mehrwert-fuer-afrikanische-partnerlaender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/en\/request-hydrogen-added-value-for-african-partner-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Question: Hydrogen – added value for African partner countries?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Together with the other Green MEPs from the Development Committee, I have put a question to the Commission on the promotion of hydrogen as part of the Global Gateway Strategy. We have our doubts about whether this hydrogen is really green, and we also have doubts about whether using energy to produce hydrogen for export is really appropriate when many millions of people in the partner countries concerned have no access to electrical energy. In its answer, the Commission mentions concrete goals that are supposed to help all parties involved, but unfortunately does not go into how exactly these are to be achieved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find the entire request with answers in several languages also here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our request: <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Under the Global Gateway strategy, investments in infrastructure development are expected to reach up to EUR 300 billion in the current funding period. According to the Joint Communication of the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (HR\/VP) of 1 December 2021 entitled \"Global Gateway\" (JOIN(2021)0030), the Commission and the HR\/VP will work with partner countries that have the potential to develop their production of hydrogen using renewable energy sources and promote the creation of competitive markets so that this hydrogen produced outside the EU can be traded internationally without export restrictions or price distortions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n