Hydrogen Subsidies

EU approves billions in state aid for hydrogen value chain

The IPCEI Hy2Move project focuses on research, innovation, and “a wide part of the hydrogen technology value chain.” It was jointly prepared and registered by the seven EU member states: Germany, Estonia, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Spain. These countries will provide up to 1.4 billion euros in public funding. According to the European Commission, it could “unlock an additional...

Consumer subsidies key to green hydrogen success, says INOXAP boss | Exclusive

The head of INOX Air Products (INOXAP) has told H2 View green hydrogen subsidies would be most effective if they were offered to consumers.“Nobody is thinking about the consumer,” Siddharth Jain, Managing Director of INOXAP, said. “If you find a buyer for any green product, you will find supply. The tough part is finding somebody willing to pay additional money compared to grey hydrogen.”It...

Financing Hydrogen projects in Emerging Markets and Developing Countries

Financing the new hydrogen economy is already a challenge. Financing hydrogen production in Emerging Markets and Developing Countries (EMDC) is an even bigger one, yet vitally important for supplying richer nations with hydrogen while creating new industries in the EMDC. This month, the World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) together with the Government of the Netherlands and...

EU eyes tighter rules in future green auctions

Larger bond payments and shorter startup windows likely as EU looks to build on success of inaugural European Hydrogen Bank auction Projects bidding for subsidies via future rounds of the EU’s European Hydrogen Bank auction are expected to face stricter requirements, including tighter startup deadlines and the need to...

Brussels green lights €1.4bn in state subsidy for hydrogen projects

The European Commission hopes to further boost EU clean energy technology by approving whopping state subsidies for a range of projects aimed at using hydrogen to replace fossil fuels in tranport. ADVERTISEMENTAirbus, BMW and Michelin are among 11 companies set to receive millions in public subsidy to develop low-carbon hydrogen technology after EU competition officials approved a whopping...

Clean hydrogen gets a boost with federal tax credit

With hydrogen poised to become a major energy source in the Biden administration’s efforts to phase out fossil fuels, the U.S. Treasury Department on Friday proposed rules for billions of dollars in tax credits to aid the transition. Designed to increase domestic renewable energy production, the tax credits are intended to spur more sustainably produced hydrogen for use in manufacturing, transportation...

Biden’s multibillion dollars climate incentives carry political risk

The Biden administration raised the stakes on its politically fraught bet on massive subsidies for nascent clean-energy technologies Friday, rolling out a plan for awarding billions of dollars in tax credits to the makers of ultrapowerful “green” hydrogen fuel.The fuel is made by splitting water molecules and may eventually power shipping vessels and factories. Under the proposal, which will be...

Clean energy experts break down hydrogen hype and hope

But existing policies in the U.S. focus not on the end uses of clean hydrogen, but rather on making the fuel cheaper. This is a problem because these policies don’t account for all the other costs associated with using hydrogen, he said. “You’ve got to move it to somewhere useful. You’ve probably got to store it, buffer it, compress it,” he said. ​“All of these things are expensive, and...

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