Revealed: How Germany stepped in to delay EU’s ‘green’ hydrogen rules

Euractiv | Oct 31, 2022 at 10:00 AM
  • Shortly after its appointment last year, the new German government interfered in Brussels to influence draft EU laws regulating the production of renewable hydrogen, resulting in almost a year of delay, EURACTIV can reveal.
  • Hydrogen is expected to play a key role in Europe’s decarbonisation effort but actual market uptake has been slow due to regulatory uncertainty.
  • The European Parliament even added to the confusion by voting an amendment to the EU’s renewable energy directive in September.