Hydrogen industry furious as Commission set to boost EVs
In a paper on the upcoming EU automotive strategy, the Commission did not once mention โrefuellingโ, arguably excluding the hydrogen sector from its plans.
In a paper on the upcoming EU automotive strategy, the Commission did not once mention โrefuellingโ, arguably excluding the hydrogen sector from its plans.
The designated European Commission president is being heavily lobbied by the European hydrogen industry to ringfence the EUโs upcoming โฌ1.2 billion hydrogen subsidy auction to favour EU producers.
The EU has already made strides with hydrogen energy โ but thereโs so much more that can be done in order to secure a more sustainable and secure future.
The EU is pinning its climate hopes on importing green hydrogen from Africa and South America. But activists say it’s a neo-colonial asset grab.
Faced with the growing dominance of electric vehicles, the hydrogen industry is betting on commercial vehicles to capture a share of the clean mobility market.
A group of gas grid operators on Wednesday (12J uly) presented their plan for Germanyโs main hydrogen transport network that ought to be constructed by 2032, although the government has shown little interest in funding it.