The Renewable Hydrogen Coalition has urged the Council of the European Union to reject an amendment to the Gas Directive, saying it would allow low-carbon hydrogen to meet renewable hydrogen targets.
In its policy position statement, the Coalition said, the amendment to the directive would allow member states to take into account low-carbon fuels to meet renewable hydrogen targets for industry and transport, in the Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
Under the amendment, the RED would allow low-carbon hydrogen – produced using nuclear power (pink hydrogen) or using natural gas combined with carbon capture and (blue hydrogen) – to meet criteria for its targets, in addition to ‘renewable’ or ‘green’ hydrogen, powered by renewable energy without the use of fossil fuels.
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