Hydrogen (Germany)

Hydrogen (Germany)

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Hydrogen as an energy carrier will play a key role in the future of the energy sector and the economy as a whole – not only in Germany, but also across Europe and globally.

With its newly adopted national hydrogen strategy, Germany is a frontrunner in turning hydrogen technology into a marketable energy carrier. Hydrogen has the potential to take energy markets to the next level by coupling gas and electricity, facilitating the integration of renewable energies and efficiently driving forward the decarbonization of CO₂-intensive industries such as chemicals, petrochemicals and steel, as well as the mobility and heating sectors.

Our team of specialized experts will support you in all areas concerning this future-oriented sector and help you seize opportunities, assess risks and comply with the latest legal requirements. In this way, we support you in developing and implementing your very own hydrogen strategy tailored to the needs of your company.

Our experts not only have the requisite experience in all relevant sectors and an in-depth knowledge of the existing regulatory framework, they are also on top of all legislative trends.

Our key focus areas:

Sector coupling and decarbonization
Integration of renewable energies
Carbon contracts for difference
Project finance
Power plant and pipeline projects
Corporate/M&A, joint ventures
Regulation
Energy competition law and merger control
Trade and distribution, PPAs
Mobility sector

Insights

Investing in renewable energy projects in Europe

February 2023

The imperative to grow the sector massively and rapidly has never been clearer, whether considered from a climate or geopolitical perspective. There has been some remarkable progress recently in terms of projects and policymaking. However, at the same time, developers, governments and regulators face an abundance of challenges, both old and new.

Italy: Innovations on renewables introduced by the Energy Decree

March 4, 2022

Italy: On March 1, 2022, Law Decree 17/2022, the so-called Energy Decree, was published in the Official Gazette. In addition to allocating more than €8 billion to measures against rising fuel bills and fuel prices, the Energy Decree has also introduced a series of simplifying measures for renewable energies, complementing the innovations introduced by Legislative Decree 199/2021 (RED II Decree).

Italy: Revised Decree on extra-profit transfers from renewable energy plants

March 2, 2022

Italy: On February 25, 2022, the Italian Government enacted law-decree no. 23 (Decree), which entirely repeals and replaces article 16 of law-decree no. 4 of January 27, 2022 (known in Italian as the Decreto Sostegni-ter), which had introduced an obligation for renewable energy producers to transfer extra profits generated from the exceptionally high electricity prices to the Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) to help fund the reduction in the cost of electricity.

Investing in renewable energy projects in Europe

February 2022

Investing in renewable energy guide Across the EU and its near neighbors, legislated climate targets require huge and rapid growth in renewable electricity generating capacity by 2030 and beyond. In many jurisdictions (some with mature renewables sectors and others where renewables are much less well-established), the market is delivering this. However, as the ESG agenda spurs corporate demand for renewable PPAs, and attention turns to the need to electrify heat and transport, there is always a need for more renewable energy. Yet the potential barriers to expanded deployment sometimes feel all too familiar.

An opportunity for biogenic hydrogen?

June 2, 2021

On May 20, 2021, the German Parliament passed the draft law for the Further Development of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Quota. It provides for an increase of the greenhouse gas reduction quota in the transport sector to 25% by 2030. In addition – and contrary to prior efforts of the Federal Government – biogenic hydrogen can now be counted towards the greenhouse gas reduction quota, if it was obtained directly from biomass or with electricity from waste-to-energy plants (so-called "orange" hydrogen). In its statement accompanying the draft law, the Parliament gave additional important positive signals for the biogenic hydrogen economy in Germany.

Scaling up green hydrogen in Europe

March 1, 2021

Europe: Green hydrogen is increasingly seen as an indispensable part of the Energy Transition. Ambitious targets for producing it have been set for the mid-2020s and 2030.

Online seminar: Scaling up Green Hydrogen in Europe

February 26, 2021

Europe: Green hydrogen is increasingly seen as an indispensable part of the Energy Transition. Ambitious targets for producing it have been set for the mid-2020s and 2030.

Investing in renewable energy projects in Europe

February 2021

Investing in renewable energy guide As the EU and national governments aim to use recovery from the COVID-19 crisis as a springboard for achieving ambitious new climate policy goals and building back greener, we present our annual status update on legal, policy and commercial initiatives across the European renewables sector.