Europe's betting big on hydrogen – despite a lot of drawbacks. Is the continent's hydrogen strategy overblown? And if so…why?
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Credits:
Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge, Kiyo Dörrer
Factcheck: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon
Special thanks to: Belén Balanyá, Thierry Bros and Robert Rozansky for insightful background interviews.
Read more:
Hydrogen infrastructure buildout:
https://globalenergymonitor.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GEM_Europe_Gas_Tracker_2024.pdf
Clean Hydrogen Monitor 2023:
https://hydrogeneurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Clean_Hydrogen_Monitor_11-2023_DIGITAL.pdf
EU hydrogen strategy (2020):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020DC0301
Hydrogen lobby:
https://corporateeurope.org/en/dirty-truth-about-EU-hydrogen-push#:~:text=Together%2C%20the%20top%2025%20hydrogen,lobby%20register%27s%20top%20100%20spenders
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:56 EU's hydrogen plans
03:16 Reality check
04:25 It isn't the best solution
06:19 It isn't so easy
08:40 It isn't available (yet)
10:30 Lobbying galore
12:33 Conclusion