Comparing the Hydrogen Strategies of the EU, Germany, and Australia: Legal and Policy Issues
Article from: OGEL 2 (2021), in Hydrogen
Abstract
For hydrogen to assist in meeting ambitious decarbonisation goals, national law and policy has a central role. This article presents a critical analysis of Australian law and policy for hydrogen energy, by comparison with selected European jurisdictions. Existing energy policy literature describes divergent paradigms and pathways to hydrogen futures. Australia is a case study of policy conflict over competing methods of hydrogen production and their differing climate change implications. We compare the recently published national hydrogen strategies of Australia, Germany, ...