Hydrogen: not all that glitters is green

With a new legislative package, the EU Commission wants to orient the European gas market towards hydrogen. This also involves the classification of so-called low carbon fuels as climate-friendly alternatives. However, observers say that the draft legislation, which has been circulating since last week, contains major gaps and demand improvements.

Green hydrogen is supposed to do the trick. Produced by means of electrolysis processes on the basis of regenerative electricity sources, the gas is to become the climate-neutral energy source of the future for all those sectors that cannot be electrified or can only be electrified with difficulty. These include the steel and cement industries, but also parts of the transport sector.

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