Industry chief: Policymakers must set clear thresholds for low-carbon hydrogen

INTERVIEW HIGHLIGHTS:

• 75% CO2 emission saving threshold for clean hydrogen could have been “more ambitious”

• Carbon content should be erected as “new currency” of EU’s emerging hydrogen market

• Upcoming EU certification scheme must ensure that hydrogen is: traceable, trackable, tradeable, transparent, and trustworthy

• “Additionality principle” currently prevents using curtailed wind energy for hydrogen production and must be revised

• Carbon contracts for difference could get hydrogen market off the ground