IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL HYDROGEN STRATEGY OF GERMANY – MAIN RESULTS OF 2022. Part 1

Abstract

This two-part article examines the results of the implementation during 2022 of the German National Hydrogen Strategy. It was adopted by the German state after long discussions at the beginning of June 2020. A month later, it became the basis of a similar strategy for the European Union. Both strategies were unexpected for the expert community. The European Green Deal barely mentions hydrogen. In the first part of the article, the author analyzes the tasks set by the new government of Germany (started in December 2021) and their correlation with the goals of Brussels. In this context, special attention is paid to updating the EU hydrogen goals, enshrined in the REPowerEU program, to important projects of common European interest (IPCEI). In 2021, Berlin selected 62 projects in the field of hydrogen production and transportation within the framework of the competition. But only four of them were approved by the European Commission in 2022. An assessment is made of the prospects for improving the German National Hydrogen Strategy in the context of the prospects for creating a full-fledged clean hydrogen market in Germany and the European Union.

Keywords

• germany
• european union
• eu
• hydrogen
• hydrogen strategies
• ipcei
• repowereu