New Full Open Access Publication: Clean or Renewable – Hydrogen and Power-to-Gas in EU Energy Law
My latest research has been published in the Journal of Energy and Natural Resources
Law and is titled `Clean or renewable – hydrogen and power-to-gas in EU energy law´. The article is gold open access and can be read for free here. Interest in hydrogen as a carbon-neutral energy carrier is on the rise
around the globe, including in Europe. In particular, power-to-gas as a
technology to transform electricity to hydrogen is receiving ample
attention. This article scrutinises current updates in the energy law
framework of the EU to explain the legal pre-conditions for the various
possible applications of power-to-gas technology. It highlights the
influence of both electricity and gas legislation on conversion, storage
and transmission of hydrogen and demonstrates why ‘green’ hydrogen
might come with certain legal privileges under the Renewable Energy
Directive attached to it, as opposed to the European Commission’s
so-called ‘clean’ hydrogen. The article concludes by advocating for
legal system integration in EU energy law, namely merging the currently
distinct EU electricity and gas law frameworks into one unified EU
Energy Act.
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