Policy

The European Commission has approved a €3bn ($3.12bn) German-Dutch scheme to import green hydrogen from non-EU countries for sale in Germany and the Netherlands.

Green Energy Park (GEP) has been recognised as a priority under the EU’s Climate and Energy category, labelling its project in Brazil as a “Global Gateway.”

Based on the original timelines, all of the projects – that had been shortlisted for funding over a year ago – should have received the contracts in Q1 2024.  

Masdar, Siemens Energy and Yara Clean Ammonia will become new board members of the Hydrogen Council from January 1, 2025.

Canada’s troubled government has proposed expanding its clean hydrogen subsidies to include methane pyrolysis in addition to electrolysis and reforming technologies.

Switzerland’s national hydrogen strategy anticipates a rise in domestic hydrogen demand starting in 2035, driven by the expected decline in import costs.

Germany will head to the polls on February 23, 2025, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government lost a confidence vote following its collapse in November, with uncertainty surrounding hydrogen policy growing.

Elections, ambitions, delays and obscurity. Those are the words that spring to mind when thinking about the global hydrogen policy developments in 2024.

Germany has scrapped its €350m ($368m) plans for an EU-style renewable hydrogen auction 12 months after announcing the scheme, according to reports.

Bureaucratic delays have stalled the UK’s hydrogen progress, putting supply chains at risk and jeopardising critical goals.