Jörg Kukies, State Secretary at the Federal Chancellery, stated in Paris that Germany would not reject nuclear energy but rather acknowledge its role in attaining the EU’s climate goals. Also, they won’t object to using nuclear power to produce hydrogen.
The German government had recommended a business relationship for the selling of green hydrogen to the European nation, according to the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira.
A “net-zero emissions by 2050” scenario, like that described in the International Energy Agency (IEA) roadmap, calls for an unprecedented development of renewable energies, with increasing electrification of uses, increased energy efficiency, and smart energy grids, the development of nuclear power, the massive development of hydrogen as a carbon-free energy and chemical carrier, and the various methods for capturing carbon or offsetting its emissions in other ways.
From his ministry’s “transformation workshop,” the minister of economic affairs reports. In it, one imagines hydrogen serving as a fuel and develops a “hydrogen network acceleration law” to achieve this. The only aspect of hydrogen generation and heat pumps that are yet unknown is where the electricity will come from.
In an effort to have the Renewables Directive not apply to hydrogen and “low-carbon” fuels, seven EU nations have written to the Commission. Spain, Germany, Austria, Denmark, Ireland, Luxembourg, and Portugal are the countries that have participated.
Frans Timmermans, the executive vice president of the EU, and Kadri Simson, the commissioner for energy, have spoken with Saudi government representatives about expanding their partnership in the creation of clean hydrogen.
The European Union is laying up a new legal framework for green hydrogen with the expectation that by 2030, electrolyzers will be widely used and connected to sources of renewable energy.
The European Parliament’s Energy Committee has come out in favor of distinguishing between transmission and distribution system operators and against separating ownership of the hydrogen and gas network at the distribution network level. The Federal Government is urged by a coalition of organizations to take steps to guarantee that the Council adopts the European Parliament’s viewpoint.
The economic policy SPD spokespeople from the federal government and the states claim that the energy shift in the industry is impossible without the usage of blue hydrogen.
Germany, a leader in the green hydrogen economy, views Brazil as a vital fuel supplier and a significant gamble to replace coal, oil, and gas while still meeting climate goals.
