The View and strategy Hydrogen is a national sectoral strategy of Belgium for the long period up to 2050. This document contains the federal government's vision and ambitions in the field of hydrogen. Its main objective is therefore to prepare Belgium as best it can for the climate challenges, alongside the technological and economic challenges of the coming decades. The federal government supports the European Commission’s ambitions to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions with 55% by 2030 and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. This strategy is therefore also part of the EU hydrogen strategy and is based on 4 pillars: 1. Positioning Belgium as an import and transit hub of renewable molecules in Europe 2. Consolidating Belgian leadership in hydrogen technologies 3. Organizing a robust hydrogen market 4. Investing in cooperation. The first three pillars of a sustainable federal energy policy are the development of a renewable energy system taking into account the security of supply and the affordability. Renewable molecules play an important role in this. Applied to the Belgian context, these three pillars can be translated in three guidelines for our energy policy: • Firstly, reducing the final energy demand takes priority. In this way, less energy has to be generated or imported, thereby reducing the impact on the environment and the climate and reducing the dependence on imports. A circular economy constitutes an important link in this chain. • Secondly, it’s necessary to have as much renewable electricity as possible as fast as possible. In order to achieve this, local production potential for renewable electricity has to be exploited fully in a sustainable way and at the same time interconnections and other import infrastructure have to be provided. This is the most important measure for reducing the dependence on energy imports. • Finally, the policy is focused on maximizing the total efficiency of the energy system, on the one hand through system integration and on the other hand by limiting the losses as much as possible (technical and economic). In many cases this means that energy is used directly in its produced state, for example by using renewable electricity in battery-electric vehicles or heat pumps. Converting energy into other forms (e.g. hydrogen or hydrogen derivatives) possibly offers interesting options, particularly for its long-distance transport or when the end use requires specific physical characteristics. However, import will play an important role in this, more than the local production of these renewable molecules. The document details how the government wants to position Belgium at international level and the strategy that it intends to adopt to see its ambitions realized. The first actions to be taken are summarized here below, according to each Pillar. Pillar 1 – Positioning as an import and transit hub in Europe for renewable molecules • By 2025: Development of a European voluntary certification scheme and a register for RFNBOs, supported in the context of the Energy Transition Fund • Since 2021: Looking for international partners for the import of renewable energy to Europe under the form of renewable molecules • In 2022: Support to the hydrogen import infrastructure via the Restart and Transition Plan Pillar 2 – Becoming a leader in hydrogen technologies • In 2021: Support to research and pilot projects on hydrogen technologies in the context of the two R&D funds that the Federal State has (Energy Transition Fund and Call for innovation in hydrogen supported by the European Funds on recovery and resilience) • By 2026: A limited electrolysis capacity of minimum 150 MW, supported by Belgium’s national recovery and resilience plan, focused on technological innovation • In 2022: Financing of a hydrogen test infrastructure via the Restart and Transition Plan Pillar 3 – Establishing a robust hydrogen market • In 2021: Implementation of a framework ensuring an optimal planning of energy transport networks 26 • By 2026: Commissioning of 100 to 160 km of the first open-access hydrogen transport pipelines to complete the existing network, co-funded by Belgium’s national recovery and resilience plan. By 2030, Belgium has the ambition to connect the import hub to neighbouring countries via the open-access hydrogen network in order to realise its international positioning as an import and transit hub for renewable energy in Europe • In 2022-2023: Adaptation of the legal and regulatory framework for hydrogen transport activity by pipes. This will start with a public consultation of the market players which will be launched in 2022 Pillar 4 – Investing in cooperation as a key success factor • Implementation of a structural consultation on hydrogen within Belgium • Adoption of a proactive and dynamic attitude within the working groups dedicated to hydrogen (Benelux, Pentalateral Energy Forum, European Union) • Representation of Belgium in international organorganizationsforums on hydrogen • Continuous interactions with the sector, research institutes and citizens to keep this hydrogen strategy up to date with the evolution of the issues and needs. The overall objective is for Belgium to consolidate its central geographical position in Europe and its pipeline network so that the country becomes a hydrogen hub. In order to do this, it is needed to bring together all the know-how that exists in the country and, with the help of the Belgian industry, establish partnerships with third countries for the import of renewable molecules.
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