Interview: Florence School of Regulation - The architects of liberalisation turn to the hydrogen market [GasTransitions]
Dec 22, 2020 7:15:am
Summary 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”. Support should be “colour-blind”, say the researchers, who note that the EU stands “at the beginning of a new energy policy cycle”, in which politics will play a far more important role than before. Gas Transitions spoke with three of the authors: Director Jean-Michel Glachant, Senior Fellow Andris Piebalgs, former EU energy commissioner, and Christopher Jones, part-time professor at FSR and formerly high-ranking EU energy official. [Gas Transitions Volume 1, Issue 11]
Regulators welcome the Commission’s Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) proposals but see scope for further improvement for energy network development 16.12.2020
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Delivering on the objectives of the Energy Union and of the Green Deal requires major investments in energy networks. Tackling the infrastructure needs in an increasingly integrated European energy system is complex and requires proper regulatory scrutiny to safeguard the public interest. The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) welcome the Commission s efforts to modernise the current framework (called “TEN-E ) with a new focus on sustainability in the European Commission s revised TEN-E Regulation proposals, but the process needs to be robust and proper regulatory scrutiny assured.
Regulators Welcome The European Commissionâs Trans-European Networks For Energy (TEN-E) Proposals But See Scope For Further Improvement For Energy Network Development Date
Room to further improve the TEN-E process and regulatory oversight
Delivering on the objectives of the Energy Union and of the Green Deal requires major investments in energy networks. Tackling the infrastructure needs in an increasingly integrated European energy system is complex and requires proper regulatory scrutiny to safeguard the public interest.
The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) and the Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) welcome the Commission’s efforts to modernise the current framework (called “TEN-E”) with a new focus on sustainability in the European Commission’s revised TEN-E Regulation proposals, but the process needs to be robust and proper regulatory scrutiny assured.