A coalition of leading European industrial companies has launched the European Resilience Alliance for Clean Hydrogen & Derivatives (ERA) at the European Parliament in Brussels, marking a significant push to accelerate clean hydrogen adoption across the region. ERA is a CEO-led, pan-European initiative bringing together major players across the hydrogen value chain in cooperation with Hydrogen Europe.
The alliance aims to strengthen Europe’s energy resilience, industrial competitiveness, and strategic autonomy amid growing geopolitical and economic pressures. It will operate through two core pillars: advocating for supportive policy frameworks and coordinating across the hydrogen value chain to address bottlenecks in production, infrastructure, demand, and financing.
Alongside its launch, ERA released a white paper highlighting that fewer than 7% of hydrogen projects in Europe have reached final investment decision. Key barriers include fragmented regulations, complex renewable fuel rules, high electricity costs, weak demand signals, and infrastructure uncertainty.
To address these challenges, ERA calls for stronger demand creation, simplified regulatory frameworks, improved investment conditions through mechanisms like ETS and CBAM, and accelerated development of a European hydrogen backbone.
Industry leaders emphasized that scaling clean hydrogen is essential to reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports, stabilize energy costs, and enable decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors while ensuring long-term industrial growth.
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