The designated European Commission president is being heavily lobbied by the European hydrogen industry to ringfence the EU’s upcoming €1.2 billion hydrogen subsidy auction to favour EU producers.
The EU’s electrolyser manufacturers are under pressure from China amid the bloc’s flagging hydrogen ambitions, putting pressure on politicians to consider shielding the nascent industry using the bloc’s new industry law.
While Europe has adopted stringent standards for the production of renewable hydrogen, regulatory battles in the US may prove decisive for the fate of the EU electrolyser industry.
