HyLaw or Hydrogen Law

Abstract

In recent years, hydrogen technology has been at the forefront of environmental discussions to meet increasingly tough climate protection goals and particularly low emissions targets in the transportation sector. Like any major change, a transition to hydrogen energy faced challenges in many countries, which caused several problems in the growth of the hydrogen share of the total energy supply portfolio. In 2018, Hydrogen Law (Hylaw) was introduced, which removes the legal barriers to the deployment of fuel cells and hydrogen applications. It is a flagship project aimed at boosting the market uptake of hydrogen and fuel cell technologies providing market developers with a clear view of the applicable regulations while calling policymakers' attention to legal barriers to be removed. This chapter introduces a consistent framework for the Hylaw regulations that makes is a clear and precise statement and an interconnection between law and energy management policies.