“What the Commission took away from industry with one hand it gave back with the other. This has resulted in a contradictory hydrogen policy that will only be further exploited by fierce lobbying from the gas industry,” said Tara Conolly, senior gas campaigner at Global Witness.
“There are sectors where direct electrification is not the solution, where we need other alternatives, and hydrogen is the obvious alternative. That’s why we will promote hydrogen production here in Europe and also uptake in different sectors, mainly in industry and transport,” Simson said.