In the week of 16 September, Germany’s Minister for Economic Affairs, Robert Habeck, sent a letter to the European Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, calling for an extension of the transitional rules in European legislation on “simplified and faster procedures” for the production of renewable hydrogen.
In this letter, Mr Habeck referred to the criteria for hydrogen producers to prove that the electricity they use is of renewable origin, as defined in the delegated act - linked...