What is the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) for the Development of Renewable Hydrogen?
It is a joint effort of the European Union and its Member States to promote cooperation with Chile for the development of its renewable hydrogen (RH2) economy.
What is the Team Europe Initiative (TEI) for the Development of Renewable Hydrogen?
It’s a joint effort of the European Union and its Member States to promote cooperation with Chile for the development of its renewable hydrogen (RH2) economy.
Cooperation Areas
Technical assistance programmes for the production of studies, policies and programmes in various areas.
Actions that promote commercial, technological and logistics cooperation for RH2 production and applications in Chile.
Financing projects and technology for the production and/or application of RH2.
Featured Projects
Global Gateway RH2 Funding Platform
Joint initiative of the European Investment Bank (EIB), and the German Development Bank (KfW), led by the Delegation of the European Union in Chile, which will channel funding for the development of projects to produce and use renewable hydrogen with a budget of €216 million.
Team Europe RH2 Project
Technical assistance programme that will strengthen the conditions for the promotion of the renewable and sustainable hydrogen economy in Chile, with a sum of €8 million financed by the European Union and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK).
President of the European Commission:
"It is a big step for the European Union’s bilateral relations with Chile to announce two new cooperation actions, implementing the Team Europe Initiative for the development of renewable hydrogen. It is a very relevant example of the kind of collaboration that the European Union wants to promote with Chile and Latin America, to move towards climate neutral and clean economies”.
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. La Moneda Presidential Palace, 14 June 2023.
European Commissioner for Climate Action:
“For the EU, Chile is a key partner in global climate action. We know that a significant amount of public and private investment is needed to reach our climate goals. The Team Europe Initiative for Renewable Hydrogen Development in Chile is an excellent example of the kind of concrete collaboration that this challenge requires”.
Speech at the first meeting of the Steering Committee of the Team Europe RH2 Chile Project, 20 October 2023.
High Representative / Vice-President of the European Commission:
"Creating enabling conditions for the development of renewable hydrogen, together with the European technological offer, presents a unique opportunity for a fruitful cooperation with Chile. The EU finds itself at a time of accelerating energy savings, diversification of supplies and transition to renewable energies".
Speech to Chilean Government authorities, 28 April 2022, Santiago, Chile.
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In investments will be mobilised by the Global Gateway between 2021 and 2027 to support a sustainable global recovery.
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per year in renewable hydrogen is foreseen to be achieved in 2030 with the help of the EHB.
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from the Global Gateway RH2 Funding Platform in Chile will be channelled to fund the development of projects for the production and use of renewable hydrogen.
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for the Team Europe RH2 Project that will strengthen the conditions for the promotion of the renewable and sustainable hydrogen economy in Chile.
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greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced with the help of the RH2 according to Chile’s National Green Hydrogen Strategy.
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DELEGATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION IN CHILE
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