‘EU should stick to fossil fuel for making hydrogen’

Clean Air Task Force researchers criticised the EU’s target to produce and import 20 million tonnes of green hydrogen by 2030, arguing it lacks a “clear basis” and would suck up electricity made from renewables that could be put to better use. — Bloomberg

Boston: Decarbonising some of the European Union’s (EU) most polluting industries could be more effective if fossil fuels are used to produce hydrogen in the near term rather than renewables, according to an environmental organisation.

So-called “blue hydrogen” – which is made from natural gas, but with carbon dioxide emissions captured and stored – is less costly and therefore more likely to be scaled rapidly than “green hydrogen” made from renewables, according to Clean Air Task Force (CATF), a Boston-based organisation.