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EU strikes deal on new hydrogen grid supervisory body
EU legislators on Friday (8 December) struck a political agreement on the final piece of the Union’s hydrogen policy, establishing a grid planning body that will gradually become independant from existing gas network operators.
Why Europe needs a new body to design its hydrogen infrastructure
The EU should create a new, separate entity to ensure more independence from incumbent interests in the crucial task of designing a future-proof hydrogen infrastructure, write Michaela Holl and Megan Anderson.
Member states set to dilute proposal for single hydrogen entity
Some countries back independent authority to coordinate planning, development and operation of new hydrogen infrastructure; others want restructured European gas operators’ network to take helm.
EU agrees new rules for investments into hydrogen infrastructure
Negotiations on the first part of the EU’s new gas and hydrogen market rules have been concluded, paving the way for investments into new infrastructure amid a special carve-out for Germany’s municipal utilities.
The last piece in the EU’s hydrogen policy puzzle: grid ownership rules
As EU legislators wrap negotiations on the EU’s new hydrogen rulebook, they have one last question to answer: how to regulate the ownership of pipeline and storage infrastructure.
Berlin to present first European rules on hydrogen grid financing
Germany could soon become the first European country to put in place a policy framework for supporting investments in hydrogen infrastructure, in anticipation of EU regulations that are currently still in the making.