The leaders of Germany's new coalition government following their final round of talks
Germany doubles hydrogen goal
Incoming coalition ramps up target for electrolyser capacity and gives priority to green hydrogen coupled with offshore wind
Germany’s new coalition government aims to accelerate the country’s clean hydrogen strategy with a target of 10GW of electrolyser capacity by 2030—doubling the goal set out last year by the previous administration—according to a joint policy statement. The coalition of the Social Democratic Party, the Free Democratic Party and the Greens says it will prioritise green hydrogen in tandem with a rapid expansion of offshore wind. But it also leaves the door open to the deployment of blue hydrogen during the transition to green. “The hydrogen strategy will be updated in 2022. The goal is a quick market ramp-up,” the coalition partners say in the statement. The existing national hydrogen strategy
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