EU member states are revising the European Commission proposal
Keep Red incentives for renewable hydrogen – industry
Targets in directive must be maintained for renewable hydrogen if industry is to flourish, say letter signatories
A group of firms in the hydrogen sector have written to EU policymakers to request the bloc’s Renewable Energy Directive (Red) incentivises renewable hydrogen use only. The European Commission’s proposed revision of Red last year introduced two binding sub-targets for the use of renewable hydrogen in the transport and industrial sectors. The sub-targets are 2.6pc for renewable fuels from non-biological origin in for transport fuel and 50pc for renewable fuels in hydrogen consumption in industry. But following new proposals released this week to dramatically increase hydrogen use in order to reduce the EU’s dependence on Russian gas, some member states and MEPs have suggested the targets be e
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