The European Commission has revealed its long-awaited hydrogen strategy, bringing into existence the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance to bring the contribution of hydrogen consumption for energy purposes from 2% up to 14% by 2050. Despite not ruling out ‘blue’ hydrogen from CCUS, the strategy outlines a possible cumulative investment of half-a-trillion euros in green hydrogen in Europe, powered by as much as 120 GW of renewable capacity. Some have speculated that green hydrogen could provide as much as half of the fight towards net-zero emissions by 2050, so a target of between 13% and 14% will come as a disappointment to some. But in the near-term, several concrete steps have been set out which will help the industry take-off, and…