Achieving Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Through the Utilization of Hydrogen: Are Fossil, Low-Carbon and Renewable Hydrogen "Like Products" Under the Gatt?
Article from: OGEL 3 (2024), in Hydrogen
Abstract
This article addresses how the European Union's (EU) renewable energy directive (RED III) interacts with the World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, using the legal dogmatic method. The RED III essentially establishes a mandatory target of forty-two (42,5) percent of renewable energy in the Union and sectoral targets in the industry and transport sectors by 2030. Hydrogen could be a promising fuel but is predominantly produced from fossil fuel sources (natural gas, coal, and petroleum oil), compared with renewable energy ("bioenergy, solar, wind-power"). Renewable and fossil-based hydrogen ...