Germany’s Hydrogen Ramp-Up Is Slowing Soon After It Kicked Off
- Study commissioned by EON shows momentum slowed since February
- Government wants at least 10 gigawatts of capacity by 2030
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Investments in Germany’s hydrogen production — a fuel the government considers crucial for its energy transition needs — have slowed in recent months after picking up speed last year.
As of August, planned projects put Germany on track to have 8.7 gigawatts of hydrogen capacity by 2030, according to a study commissioned by EON SE and based on data from the Institute of Energy Economics at the University of Cologne. That’s only a small increase from an 8.1 gigawatt estimate in February, and is significantly slower than the ramp-up observed across 2022.