Pragmatic Germany simplifies hydrogen & RFNBO regulation

Mid-September, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Katherina Reiche presented a monitoring report on the energy transition. The report includes ten key measures that are friendly to business and competition. One of measures proposed by the Ministry is explicitly about hydrogen; “pragmatically promote a technology-open hydrogen ramp-up and reduce overly complex requirements”. The report suggests that low-carbon hydrogen (for example from processes with carbon capture) should be treated on equal footing to fully renewable hydrogen in regulation. Hence eliminating the strict European RFNBO label in Germany.

Find out more about the energy transition plan.

Discover the 10 key measures in detail.

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