Welcome to this weeks #CleanTechEU thread!

Let's off with a look at H2-powered fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) vs battery electric vehicles (BEV) and why EU regulators should take into account the low grid to wheel efficiency of FCEV.

To drive the same distance with an FCEV as with a BEV, ca 2-3 times the amount of electricity is needed. This article by James Morris explains why major car manufacturers like Volkswagen have abandoned the development of FCEVs:

There are other areas where the use of hydrogen could have a greater impact, for instance in the steel and ammonia industries. The first part of our video series The Cleantech Race sheds light on where we urgently need hydrogen and where it should not be a priority:

Fitfor55 is an opportunity to focus on key applications of hydrogen technology. Goals like one refuelling station per 150 km, as set out in the package, should be seen as secondary to the real challenge: How to build H2 infrastructure for industry and seasonal storage?

While EU’s long-term focus should be on green hydrogen, there may have to be an intermediate role for blue H2. Clean Air Task Force outlines why blue H2 has the potential to reduce emissions in the short term, if policy makers set the right incentives:

Wherever possible, the need for seasonal energy storage with H2 should be minimized. CorPower Ocean's wave energy converter technology is predictable & less intermittent renewable power that could contribute by tapping into the largely unused energy flows of the oceans:

In good news, EU cleantech VC is on track for a record year! Cleantech for Europe's Q3 Briefing shows €8.5 billion invested to date. But serious challenges remain in the scale-up phase and making our policy framework fit for innovation. Read the full briefing here:

Mortgage Portfolio Standards were launched as a regulatory tool for the EU Renovation Wave.?See Climate Strategy's report for an overview on this innovative tool to align banks to support the renovation of the 50 million homes which have mortgages in Europe:

Next week in Brussels, EU ministers will discuss the energy price spike.

Here, Peter Sweatman and Thomas Pellerin-Carlin detail what Member States must do to boost clean energy innovation, the only way forward for climate AND our economy:

And with that, we wrap up this weeks #CleanTechEU thread! Thank you for reading.

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