Industry contribution to 2040 targets strategy through reinforced sector integration

The cooperation between all energy-related sectors, from production to end-users, is crucial to reach climate neutrality in 2050 EU’s objectives as well as intermediary 2040 target. This event will shed light on the benefits of multi-energy and sector-integrated systems (combining power, heat and other fuels) to deliver a cost-efficient energy transition and accelerate the integration of renewables into our energy system.  This session will also highlight opportunities for European industries to mitigate their CO2 emissions and contribute to Europe's net-zero emissions target.

The European Net Zero Alliance (ENZA) was created in March 2021 and gathers 24 associations all advocating for cross-sectoral and cross-vectoral solutions towards climate neutrality. The members of these organisations are committed to climate neutrality, following the “we can – we want – we will” approach.ENZA promotes a multi-technology approach to drive reliable and cost-effective decarbonisation and cater to the needs of different industries and sectors. Its approach is open, inclusive and pragmatic and considers whole sectors and value chains while maintaining the focus on renewable technologies and enabling technologies. This approach enables the scaling-up of all decarbonisation options needed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and significantly contribute to the EU climate target for 2040.

The EU’s ability to produce home-grown, competitive clean energy technologies is essential to achieve our climate targets, strengthen the EU’s energy security, and guarantee a cost-efficient transition for industries and consumers. The EU is already home to several flagship net-zero technologies and solutions, several of them represented within ENZA such as the production and use of hydrogen, ammonia, solar thermal, geothermal, CCS, and sustainable biogas and biomethane.