To produce all our electricity sustainably, gas-fired power plants need to switch to hydrogen. However, owners of such power plants warn that this switch is hardly taking off yet.
why you need to know this:
In the transition to a sustainable future, a well-functioning hydrogen ecosystem is indispensable.
The conversion from gas to hydrogen power plants, an essential step in making energy supplies more sustainable, is a complex puzzle that is not yet complete. French energy giant Engie stresses on NU.nl that the required sustainable hydrogen is not yet available. Indeed, the Maxima power plant in Lelystad, for example, is not even connected to a hydrogen network yet.
Subsidy off the table
This is partly due to the fact that the government’s plans to subsidise the switch have been scrapped. The government had originally earmarked €1 billion in the Climate Fund to support this transition. However, this subsidy has been taken…
