Without the necessary safeguards in place, producing hydrogen today on the majority of the European grids will result in the cannibalisation of the renewable energy production that was deployed to decarbonise other parts of our economies, hampering the transition of the electricity system and increasing emissions. [...] In the development of the delegated act on RFNBOs the EU should acknowledge the emissions reduction limits of the production of hydrogen on carbon intensive electricity grids. [...] Electricity cost and the price of Hydrogen As the amount of hydrogen produced is directly proportional to the electricity used, the hydrogen final cost is dominated by the electricity cost at higher running hours. [...] The only requirement that ensures a positive trade-off for the climate is the one on additionality, ensuring the roll out of new capacity to avoid the cannibalisation of the available renewable electricity for hydrogen production. [...] The only requirement that ensures a positive trade-off for the climate is the one requiring additionality of renewables to replace the electricity consumed by hydrogen production How is the REDII Delegated Act proposal a deviation from the original RED II? The close linking of renewable generation and hydrogen production is loosened and substituted with a system-level correlation.
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