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Why an EU-wide Guarantee of Origin for Green Hydrogen?

Why an EU-wide Guarantee of Origin for Green Hydrogen?

Global demand for hydrogen is foreseen to reach 50 Million tons by 2025 mainly used in industry and ...
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CertifHy enters into phase 3 to build a H2 GO market as well as a H2 certification scheme for REDII

At the end of this year, the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH 2 JU) has appointed a Consortium constituted of HINICIO, Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), Grexel, Ludwig-Bölkow-Systemtechnik (LBST) and TÜV SÜD, to lead the formulation and implementation of a three years project to harmonized H2 GO schemes across Europe & beyond, build a market for H2 GO trade in close collaboration with market actors, and design of a Certification Scheme for compliance with RED II renewable fuels.

In this 3rd phase, CertifHy 3 will be using its previous work as a pre-normative research to assist the AIB in the development of a Scheme for renewable Hydrogen in its newly established Gas Scheme Group (GSG), facilitating the future of cross border GOs trades. In parallel, the CertifHy Consortium will be promoting its renewed Stakeholder Platform through 5 different Working Groups (WGs) in which the Consortium will keep on establishing rules on the different allocation methods for renewable and non-renewable energy inputs and GHG, but also defining other uses of GOs (e.g. linked to ETS) and their market, the certification of downstream markets (e.g. Power-to-liquids) and more topics related to new Hydrogen Production Pathways.

For more information please visit here the our official press release: CertifHy 3 Launch - Press release

In order to participate in any of the WGs, and engage with the hydrogen stakeholders to shape the 1st EU-wide Hydrogen Guarantee of Origin scheme, please join the Stakeholder Platform and/or its working groups by clicking here.


Join CertifHy at the European Sustainable Energy Week in Brussels!

What is the potential of renewable gases in the future? During the European Sustainable Energy Week, CertifHy is co-organising the session "Empowering industries to decarbonise with renewable gases" on 19 June 16:00-17:30 in Brussels. During this panel CertifHy Project Coordinator Wouter Vanhoudt, Hinicio and Association of Issuing bodies, Hydrogen Europe, Energy Technologies Europe, Eurogas, European Federation of Energy Traders, European Commission and ENTSOG are discussing the potential of renewable gases such as hydrogen generated through electrolysis with electricity from renewables or biogas in industries, as an alternative to natural gas. See the detailed program here.


An Emerging Green and Low Carbon Hydrogen Market in Europe

The Green and Low Carbon Hydrogen market is becoming a reality in Europe, enabling a deep decarbonisation of its energy system. The CertifHy project “Designing the 1st EU-wide Green and Low Carbon Certification System” has developed a Green and Low Carbon Certification pilot that has led to the issuance of 76 000+ Guarantees of Origin, of which 3600+ have already been used so far.

For the transformation of the energy system, transparency of energy products, including hydrogen and flexibility are crucial. The CertifHy Certification System intends to inform consumers about the origin of the product and its environmental attributes, and facilitate the needs of market actors to meet regulatory requirements. They facilitate the consumption of Green and Low Carbon hydrogen across the EU - regardless of the location of end-users. Green and Low Carbon hydrogen is a key enabler of the energy transition and reaching climate targets. “CertifHy ‘Green hydrogen’ can play an important role in transport and is also key in the transition to a sustainable chemical industry, where it is widely used as a raw material. This EU certification is an important first step to further develop the market for green hydrogen and provide the basis for the industry to take a leadership role in the transition”, says Marcel Galjee, Energy Director of Nouryon.

The CertifHy Certification System is developed by a consortium led by Hinicio with Ludwig Bölkow Systemtechnik  (LBST), Grexel, TNO and TÜV SÜD and financed by the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking. CertifHy is following extensive consultations with 900+ members of the CertifHy Stakeholder Platform and its topical Working Groups that bring together European stakeholders with an interest in Green and Low Carbon hydrogen. Between 2014 and 2016, the CertifHy project (phase 1) developed an EU-wide Green and Low Carbon Guarantee of Origin (GO) Scheme including a definition for Green and Low Carbon hydrogen and a roadmap with concrete steps for the implementation of an EU-wide GO scheme. The follow-up (CertifHy project phase 2) that ran between October 2017 and March 2019 built on the momentum and served as a catalyst for implementing an EU-wide GO scheme for Green and Low Carbon hydrogen.

In order to identify and address the practical issues raised by the implementation of the newly designed GO Scheme for hydrogen, CertifHy has initiated a pilot. Four hydrogen producers including the industrial gas companies Air Liquide, specialty chemicals company Nouryon together with Air Products, the retailer Colruyt Group and the energy utility Uniper are participating in the pilot and are issuing GOs. “We’re always looking for opportunities to achieve operational efficiency and help meet the carbon dioxide emission reduction targets of European Union countries in a cost-effective way.  Having a European-wide Guarantees of Origin system for renewable hydrogen will support these goals, and our project with Nouryon is an innovative example of what can be achieved where circumstances permit”, says Kurt Lefevere, Vice President Northern Continent at Air Products.

The first GOs were issued in December 2018. By early March 2019, 10 organisations are registered as account holders in the registry service with 76 000+ GOs being issued and first commercial transactions have been publicly announced with customers such as H2Mobility Germany.  Nikolas Iwan, Managing director of H2Mobility Germany states: “The CertifHy ‘Green hydrogen’ certificates from Air Products significantly increase the proportion of green hydrogen at our stations. We strongly believe that CertifHy will help to establish an innovative, transparent European market for renewable hydrogen. “

Towards a well-established green and low carbon hydrogen market

For further market roll-out, the overarching ambition of CertifHy’s next phase is to implement an EU-wide Certification System that covers both GOs - to disclose the origin of Green and Low Carbon hydrogen to end-users - and Supply Certificates capable of addressing (transport) policy target compliance needs. CertifHy will initiate a European issuing body and registry that is capable of interfacing with national registries as well as with other energy carriers. The pilot will be continued and extended, until the scheme is formally implemented. Essential for successful implementation is continuous alignment with the regulatory and standardisation environment and fostering greater uptake through concrete actions such as information campaigns to raise awareness about the benefits of hydrogen certificates and GOs. The implementation of the CertifHy Certification System will allow Green and Low Carbon Hydrogen to become an important cornerstone of the EU’s energy system.

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