This European Commission immersed in the negotiation of the last fringes community directive about the future renewable energy. France requests that the hydrogen produced be included in this standard. nuclear energy to be labeled renewable hydrogenopposing position Spain (also Germany) arguing that nuclear hydrogen should have a place in the world gas directive as ‘low carbon’ technology, but not as ‘green’. The conflict between the two countries has come to an end. front line this week With crosswords between the French ambassador, Jean-Michel Houseand the third vice president and minister for Ecological Transition, Teresa Riberaabout the future of the hydraulic channel between Barcelona and Marseille.
This week, France made the construction of this hydro canal conditional on continued flow. go both ways, from Spain to Germany and vice versa. “There are ways I don’t like to express myself. busy with this tube. Let him know if he has changed his mind; To be honest, I don’t have the impression that he’s changed his mind,” Ribera said after questions from journalists Tuesday after an energy forum organized by IESE. They also don’t like the way the third vice-president of the Spanish Government is expressing themselves”.
This Monday European Commission opened a small door to consider renewable energy french nuclear hydrogen – with a proposal for devolution – which must be approved or rejected by the European Parliament and the Council, but without the possibility of change green hydrogen where they sit criteria Norm, which describes this technology, establishes as an exception that hydrogen is produced from a hydrogen. energy mix emits less than 18 grams of CO2 per megawatt produced — just something they do Sweden and France– It will be labeled ‘green’ as requested by France.
No. community offer, french case by allowing it to produce renewable energy through the electrical grid (of which most of its energy mix is nuclear), but forces it to sign up. power buy and sell agreements (ppa) renewable for an equivalent amount. So, you will have to Produce the same amount of renewable energy. Also, generating hydrogen from a direct connection to a nuclear power plant (called pink hydrogen) is not considered green hydrogen.
Bad but less bad. “It makes sense to be pragmatic and have ‘low carbon’ hydrogen have such a place. However, I think classifying non-renewable as renewable is more controversial because it distorts and distorts something that is essential for the future. But now we’re starting the discussion,” said the vice president of the Brussels decision about. The key is what is in the renewable energy directive that needs to be approved in the coming months because equalization wind and solar plants that are nuclear when it comes to green hydrogen production would encourage nuclear rather than renewable energy and jeopardize investments in the latter.
No. “France wants to produce hydrogen with nuclear power plants. He never hid it. and this to us it makes sense to us“, Ribera explained on Tuesday. Having said that, the vice president added that this type of hydrogen “must find a place in the world.” hydrogen regulation and gas directive“, but cannot be classified as renewable. The Spanish Government, in fact, does not deny that renewable hydrogen and nuclear can share infrastructureit flows through the same hydraulic channel, but makes up the difference between one and the other.
not related to Spain. We must be calm. commanded by France marking a little right now foreign In the context of negotiation, it is part of what each person chooses. tools of trade“, replied the vice-president. Spain has always said that the approach is: export incoming hydrogen Iberian Peninsula in the north of Europe and only with green hydrogen. But the project is still under technical work.