Germany Seeks Delays to EU Hydrogen Rules That Stiffle Market

Germany has urged the European Union to delay some rules on renewable hydrogen that boost costs for producers and hinder a sector that the bloc views as crucial to meeting its ambitious climate neutrality goal.

In a letter this week to EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck called for a seven-year delay of the temporal correlation criteria that requires evidence of a match between renewables output on the grid and hydrogen production.