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Hydrogen in climate protection: Class instead of mass

Hydrogen in climate protection: Class instead of mass

Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert
Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert

SRU formulates recommendations to policy-makers

For hydrogen to contribute to climate protection, it should be produced in an environmentally friendly way and used sparingly. This is what the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) recommends in a new statement. Accordingly, the market ramp-up should focus on green hydrogen from the outset and be subject to strict sustainability criteria. In the Council’s view, the use of hydrogen only makes sense in certain areas.

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Heated debate concerning the CO2 price

Heated debate concerning the CO2 price

Development of the CO2 price since 2014
Development of the CO2 price since 2014, © www.wallstreet-online.de

Not so long ago, CO2 certificates were still the epitome of a bureaucratic failure: Hardly anyone wanted them. They were introduced into the energy industry, but in a way that hardly allowed them to have any effect.

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