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The president of the Committee of the Regions, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, warned that local and regional authorities need direct access to EU funds to invest efficiently in the green recovery (Photo: European Committee of the Regions)

Regions urge EU to act on 'green hydrogen'

The EU's regions on Wednesday (1 July) urged the unlocking of the potential of hydrogen produced from renewable sources, so-called 'green hydrogen', to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.

The upcoming European Hydrogen Strategy, part of the Green Deal, is expected to spur decarbonisation across Europe - especially for the heavy industry and transport sector.

However, green hydrogen today represents only around one percent of the EU's energy sources, since

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

The president of the Committee of the Regions, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, warned that local and regional authorities need direct access to EU funds to invest efficiently in the green recovery (Photo: European Committee of the Regions)

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Elena is EUobserver's Managing Editor. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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