1、The EUs contribution to decarbonisethe steel sectorGreenSteel World Expo&ConferenceEssen,Germany 4-5 April,2023Andrea GENTILIClean Planet Partnerships Manager and Deputy Head of UnitEuropean Commission DG RTDUnit C3 Low Emission Future IndustriesEmail:Andrea.GENTILIec.europa.eu Content1.Recent Europ

2、ean policy evolution for steel2.The HE Clean Steel Partnership and its role3.From policy to action:paving the road for EU Reserach&InnovationSteel:a key building block of the green&digital transitionA strategic material for Europe.BUT its competitiveness is at risk Steel industry highly impacted by

3、energy prices crisis Electricity wholesale 373 eur/MWh21 Aug 22Gas wholesale 230.99 eur/MWh21 Aug 22Source:EU Commission-DG ENER weekly monitoringMomentum Shift towards the decarbonisation of steel sectorClear trend in Europe towards decarbonisationand hydrogen-based steel making.Source:JRC,127468 1

4、.Recent European policy evolutionfor steel R&I in the EUSteel:Key in the European Industrial StrategyRePowerEUThe Commission expects that around 30%of EU primary steel production will be decarbonized with renewable hydrogen by 2030.EU Green DealThe Commission will support clean steel breakthrough te

5、chnologies leading to a zero-carbon steel making process by 2050.But more is needed.The New RFCS Legal Base During the period 2016-2021,the research funding of the RFCS was lowered to less than 1/3 of the amount that was usually dedicated to the call.In fact,from the EUR 40 million/year usually avai

6、lable until 2016,there was a constant drop down of EU funding,due to the reduction of the bank interests.The EU funding of the RFCS Annual call 2021 reached only EUR 11.3 million.In July 2020,the EC adopted therefore a proposal for a revision of the RFCS legal base.In July 2021,the Council adopted t