Among the sources that could be used to produce green and renewable hydrogen in Europe and achieve the target of 20 tonnes (between its own production and its significant production) by 2030, which is equivalent to more than a quarter of current electricity consumption, will nuclear power be among the sources. The proposal, submitted today by the European Commission from 27 member states, provides the proposal that sets the technical criteria to be used to define which type of hydrogen can have a green label. And so you receive increasingly generous public and private “green” investments.
According to these criteria (listed in two mandated laws, a faster-than-normal legislative procedure), hydrogen can be described as green if it is produced with renewable electricity, but also electricity with very low emission intensity, i.e. energy mixes at the same time. a strong incidence of nuclear energy. Above all, it is a victory for France, which is moving in this direction despite Germany’s opposition.
“With these laws – the Commission writes – all non-biological renewable fuels will have to be produced from electricity from renewable sources”. The first delegated law “sets the conditions under which hydrogen, hydrogen-based fuels and other energy carriers can be considered renewable fuels of non-biological origin”. Everything revolves around the principle of “splicability”: in short, green hydrogen production should not consume all renewable energy production (solar and photovoltaic) but should provide additional renewable energy sources usable for the network. France, to give an unsurprising example, will be able to leverage its nuclear power plants to produce low-emission hydrogen, but to do so it will need to commit to increasing renewable energy production.
The obligations inherent in renewable hydrogen production will apply to both EU producers and third country producers wishing to export renewable hydrogen to the EU. Brussels’ target is to achieve at least 10 tonnes of renewable hydrogen through domestic production and another 10 tonnes by imports by 2030 (where Ukraine can play a central role). These supplies will now represent 28% of total electricity consumption in the EU, the Commission wrote.
Source: Today IT
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