Cleantech Friendship Group

🧵Proud to launch the 1st #MEP group championing #cleantech to solve the climate & energy crises. We will: ⚡Promote ambitious #climate, energy & innovation policies 💡Support development & scale of cleantech #innovation 📈Strengthen next-gen European industry and jobs

Our co-chair, @MChahim penned the following op-ed alongside fellow MEPs @lauballarin and @rglucks1, calling for an Industrial Transition Fund: euractiv.com/section/energy…

Recently, members of the Cleantech Friendship Group have been featured in the media, pushing for raised ambitions and adequate funding for the deployment of clean technologies at scale in Europe. Check out the coverage in the thread below! 👇

Calls for a step change in #cleantech funding are coming from across the political spectrum. In the @European Parliament’s coming mandate, our members will continue to push for this raised ambition on cleantech to maintain Europe's economic competitiveness.

Our member @spietikainen argued in @Euractiv that Europe has yet to achieve a genuine green industry deal: euractiv.com/section/energy…

Last week, members of the European Parliament from the @CleantechMEPs visited the #hydrogen valley in Puertollano, which is home to 24% of all renewable energy capacity in Spain, and @GrupoFertiberia’s Green Hydrogen Plant, the largest in Europe, with 20 MW capacity.

"This is an example of how to decarbonize big industry. There are possibilities with cheap electricity made with renewables,”" said Cleantech Friendship Group member MEP @nicogoncas. “This is a good solution for industry and for the planet!"

“We need more sites like this in Europe - This is the future of Europe you’re looking at!” commented @MChahim, co-chair of the Cleantech Friendship Group. “Let’s continue working like we do here in Puertollano and copy this idea to other sites all over Europe.”

One key takeaway from this trip is the need to build value chains for strategic clean technologies in Europe. And that requires more collaboration and cooperation between innovators, project developers and policymakers.

🤝 Dutch Ambassador to Spain, His Excellency @NieuwenkampRoel hosted the MEPs and for a dinner with hydrogen and cleantech leaders from cleantech investors from producers and off-takers to investors.

Cleantech Friendship Group Members on the Ground! Iberia is home to a vibrant hydrogen space. Last week, co-chair @Mchahim & @nicogoncas met the 🇪🇸 hydrogen ecosystem, joined by Cleantech for Iberia Director @BiancaDragomirD.

Congratulations! The Carbon Removal Certification Framework is the first of its kind in the world. The EU is pioneering this field, and setting the standard for the rest of the world. @lidiafopereira @pcanfin @woelken

A huge thank you to the innovators who hosted the MEPs over the day - @resortecs, @aerospacelab_ and @epeas_news! 6/6

💶 How, while grants can offer early stability for cleantech innovators, companies really need contracts to be able to deploy their solutions at scale 🏛️ How regulatory levers drive demand for emerging technological solutions 5/6

This week, Cleantech Friendship Group members, MEPs @lidiafopereira & @JakopDalunde visited cutting edge innovators in Belgium, meeting companies that drive European competitiveness. We discussed the experiences and insights of the CEO’s & teams, touching on topics like: 🧵1/6