EU Commission defines what renewable H2 means

The European Commission has published its Delegated Act which clearly states the prerequisites that need to be achieved by hydrogen producers in order for their product to be considered renewable. With an eye on the European 2030 target of 10 million metric tons (MMT) of hydrogen or derivates, the commission needed an incentive to accelerate the development of wind and solar energy farms and so it introduced the “additionality” rule which outlines that in order for hydrogen to be considered renewable, it needs to come from newly built wind and solar farms, as opposed to connecting existing farms, that would have otherwise been used to feed the grid, to electrolysis hubs. Marrying the two industries – renewables and hydrogen –…