12.1.2022
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
C 15/55 Wednesday 19 May 2021
it is of the utmost importance to transform the skills of employees in sectors that face the risk of disappearing through the green transition; highlights the value of the well-established European expertise on energy system integration, and calls on Member States to value this expertise and help transfer it from the fossil energy sector to a climate-neutral sector integrated energy system; 48.
Highlights the following groundbreaking process innovations and technologies that need to be further enhanced in a circular economy perspective and an effective sector integration strategy: (a) high efficiency and renewable hydrogen-based steel production, combining steel recycling and permanent iron mould production, (b) district heating through underground transport excess heat, (c) smart charging and modal shift in the transport sector, (d) sustainable replacement of petrochemical and agrochemical products and their related processes, (e) new generation of battery production and recycling, (f) and liquid immersion technologies for data centres substantially reducing energy needs and excess heat; 49.
Welcomes the initiatives undertaken for strategic value chains; calls for recognising renewable energy technologies as a strategic value chain and for the establishment of an alliance to support efforts in scaling up these technologies, as well as an initiative on enhancing process and energy efficiency; calls on the Commission to ensure a transparent governance of all alliances including the participation of SMEs, civil society, non-governmental organisations and independent experts while guaranteeing geographical diversity; o o 50.
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and to the Commission.