The cross-party group wants a focus on domestic production
MEPs call for lower EU hydrogen imports
Cross-party group has written to the European Commission asking it to focus more on domestic production
A cross-party group of MEPs has written to the European Commission asking it to reconsider its focus on green hydrogen and green hydrogen imports in its RepowerEU initiative. The EU has ramped up its target for green hydrogen consumption to 20mn t/yr as part of its RepowerEU policy response to the war in Ukraine, aiming to meet this goal with 10mn t/yr of domestic production and 10mn t/yr of imports. But in a joint letter, 19 MEPs from the Socialists & Democrats, Renew, European People's Party and European Conservatives and Reformists groups say the EU should focus more on domestic production. 20mn t/yr – EU’s 2030 hydrogen consumption target “The EU should focus first on develop
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