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Factors promoting demand for hydrogen
Setting the background: why has hydrogen use not picked up yet?
The EU has been promoting the use of renewable energy for many years and in 2009, it approved three goals for 2020:
    •20% renewable energy share target. Within that, 10% of energy used in transport should come from renewable sources
    •20% greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target, compared to 1990 levels
    •20% energy efficiency target, which was not mandatory
In 2020, the EU is likely to meet the first two targets, but not the one for energy efficiency. The 2020 goals promoted solar, wind and offshore energy for electricity production. Food-crop based biofuels became the main alternatives to fossil fuels for road transport. There have been no significant developments in non-food crop biofuels
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Factors promoting demand for hydrogen