The European Clean Hydrogen Alliance (ECH2A) is a stakeholder platform launched by the European Commission in July 2020, as part of the EU Hydrogen Strategy, and is currently coordinated by the Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW). Its main goal is to accelerate the large-scale deployment of clean hydrogen technologies by 2030, supporting the EU's climate neutrality objectives and industrial competitiveness.
The ECHA brings together over 1,400 stakeholders along the hydrogen value chain, grouped in three roundtables focused on production, infrastructure (transmission, distribution and storage), and end-use.
It maintains a pipeline of over 400 projects across the European Union [1] to facilitate investment and showcase hydrogen projects. In addition, it supports Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI), which have attracted billions in public and private funding for hydrogen technologies.[ citation needed ]