Bellona, together with a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs), has co-signed a letter addressed to Energy Commissioner Jørgensen, calling for stricter rules on ‘blue hydrogen.’ The undersigned organisations support the Commission’s efforts to scale up green hydrogen production for hard-to-abate sectors, including financial support through European Hydrogen Bank auctions and the finalisation of the regulatory framework.

As a coalition of CSOs, we want to highlight our concerns about the proposal that the previous Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson submitted for public consultation. Our concern in this letter focuses exclusively on the treatment of so-called ‘blue hydrogen,’ which involves steam methane reforming of fossil gas combined with Carbon Capture and Storage.

Download the letter below.

• Joint Letter (pdf)