In a revised version of a joint statement made in early May (see EUROPE B12713A7), eleven EU Member States (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Estonia, Spain, Ireland, Luxembourg, Latvia, the Netherlands and Sweden) have called to reject the possibility that the EU Regulation (347/2013) on Trans-European Energy Networks (TEN-E) covers the “blending” of hydrogen with natural gas.
“The TEN-E [regulation]must not facilitate investments in fossil fuel infrastructure nor blending hydrogen...