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Threat of Hydrogen Greenwashing Stalks Europe’s Net Zero Plans
- Plans to burn green hydrogen for power use wasteful technology
- Strategy may end up prolonging use of polluting natural gas
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European utilities are pushing to build power plants that would burn natural gas now and then be switched to burn clean hydrogen down the road. But the technology they’re depending on wastes energy and opens the door for accusations of greenwashing.