Germany Leads Fightback Against Green Hydrogen Made With Nuclear
- Seven EU nations reject France’s call for nuclear as renewable
- Doing so could jeopardize EU’s climate ambitions, nations say
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Germany and six other European Union nations are fighting back against France’s efforts to count hydrogen produced using nuclear power as renewable, a major battleground in the bloc’s transition to climate neutrality.
The countries — which also include Spain, Portugal, Austria, Denmark, Ireland and Luxembourg — said that hydrogen produced using nuclear shouldn’t count toward the EU’s renewable energy targets for 2030, according to a letter seen by Bloomberg. France has been pushing for that allowance.