EU nations fan flames on RE dispute

Lines are drawn on definition of green hydrogen before decisive negotiations on a revised renewable energy directive begins. 
Luxembourg energy minister Claude Turmes spearheads a cluster of seven EU nations, calling for a tightening of hydrogen's renewable labelling. Parliament heads in the complete opposite direction. | Photo: Virginia Mayo/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Luxembourg energy minister Claude Turmes spearheads a cluster of seven EU nations, calling for a tightening of hydrogen's renewable labelling. Parliament heads in the complete opposite direction. | Photo: Virginia Mayo/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
BY LOUISE WENDT JENSEN, TRANSLATED BY SIMON ØST VEJBÆK

Nuclear-produced hydrogen does not count as a renewable and should therefore not be counted as such in the new renewable energy directive – or RED III as they say in Brussels.

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