The contributions of the hydrogen transition to the goals of the EU energy and climate policy

Abstract

The goals of the integrated European energy and climate policy are to achieve security of supply, competitiveness and environmental sustainability. Advances in energy effi ciency have a positive eff ect on all of these goals and may therefore be seen as a goal in itself as well as a means to achieve the other goals. European Union (EU) countries share these goals in their national energy policies as well as in the EU policies.