A coalition of 25 stakeholders including think tanks such as E3G and industry representatives (WindEurope, SolarPower Europe, etc.) published an open letter on Thursday 10 March calling on the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union not to extend the European Renewable Energy Directive (2018/2001, RED II) beyond renewables.
The letter comes as Parliament’s rapporteur for the review of RED II, Markus Pieper (EPP, Germany), proposed to bring low-carbon hydrogen within the...