Europe’s renewable hydrogen industry is urging European members of parliament (MEPs) to vote in favour of a key amendment that would scrap strict “additionality” rules that would force green H₂ producers to secure all their renewable electricity from dedicated sources, Recharge can exclusively reveal.

Amendment 13 to the latest overhaul of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED), due to be voted on by MEPs tomorrow (Wednesday), would also relax the proposed rules requiring green hydrogen producers to account for the provenance of all their renewable electricity on an hourly basis.