CleanTechnica•about 1 month ago
When Europe’s Economic Institutions Step Away From Hydrogen
Key Takeaway
Major European economic bodies are signaling a retreat from hydrogen as a broad energy carrier, indicating increased policy risk and potential for stranded assets for developers and large consumers.
AI Summary
- •Influential German and French economic institutions (Council of Economic Experts, Conseil d’analyse économique) are stepping away from hydrogen as a broad energy carrier.
- •A 400 km pressurized hydrogen pipeline segment in Germany is highlighted as a potential stranded asset, currently lacking both suppliers and customers.
- •This joint guidance signals a potential shift in European policy and funding priorities, increasing regulatory and financial risk for developers and large consumers planning hydrogen-centric projects or decarbonization strategies.
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Article Content
Germany’s Council of Economic Experts, working jointly with France’s Conseil d’analyse économique, has already stepped away from hydrogen as a broad energy carrier, and that shift sits uneasily alongside a 400 km pressurized segment of Germany’s hydrogen backbone with no suppliers and no customers. The joint guidance from these two ... [continued] The post When Europe’s Economic Institutions Step Away From Hydrogen appeared first on CleanTechnica .