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Hydrogen is increasingly seen as a key element of Europe's energy transition, central to both decarbonisation and energy security. This edited volume provides a comprehensive and systematic analysis of what can be called "Hydrogen Law" in the European Union and Europe, examining how law and governance are shaping the emergence of a hydrogen market.
The volume brings together leading academic and practitioner perspectives to analyse the evolving regulatory framework for hydrogen across the entire value chain, from production and certification to infrastructure, markets, public funding, and international trade. It situates hydrogen within EU energy and climate law, explores key concepts such as renewable and low-carbon hydrogen, and addresses cross-cutting issues including state aid, network regulation, planning, public participation, and justice. Combining general legal analysis with regional and comparative case studies - such as hydrogen valleys, hubs, and partnerships with third countries - the volume highlights regulatory challenges, emerging solutions, and future pathways towards a coherent European hydrogen law.
The book is aimed at scholars, policymakers, regulators, legal practitioners, and advanced students working in energy law, EU law, sustainability, and the energy transition, as well as stakeholders involved in hydrogen markets and infrastructure development.
Contents
List of tables
List of contributors
Foreword
Angus Johnston
Preface
Endrius Cocciolo and Lorenzo Squintani
Acknowledgements
Introduction: Hydrogen Law
Michael Kalis, Sirja-Leena Penttinen, Kim Talus
Part I: Foundations of Hydrogen Law
Chapter 1: Situating hydrogen in European Law - In Search of a "key element" in the legal framework of the European Energy Transition
Michael Kalis
Chapter 2: Europe's Hydrogen Targets and Their Impact on the Market
Andris Piebalgs
Chapter 3: RFNBO and Low-carbon Certification in the EU: Legal Architecture and Emerging Challenges
Francisca Gallegos Aguirre
Chapter 4: Introducing hydrogen to the European Energy Market - Subsidies, funding, and other instruments for the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy
Nana Asare Obeng-Darko and Sirja-Leena Penttinen
Chapter 5: Clean Hydrogen Regulations in the U.S.: a Tale of Two Acts
Mark Stadnyk
Chapter 6: Regulatory framework for hydrogen transport and networks
Meri-Katriina Pyhäranta
Chapter 7: Assessing the Sustainability Criterion of Hydrogen Infrastructure in the TEN-E Regulation
Paola Jiménez-Casanova
Chapter 8: Global Hydrogen - Legal design for the international trade of hydrogen
Michael Kalis
Chapter 9: Energy justice in the EU renewable hydrogen economy: Participation of the vulnerable in hydrogen decisions
Alba Forns Gómez
Part II: Implementing Hydrogen Law: Regional and Comparative Perspectives
Chapter 10: Hydrogen Valleys and Hubs in the EU and US: Regulatory Frameworks, Contractual Considerations and Stakeholder Mapping for the Emerging Hydrogen Economy
Jaqueline Pinto
Chapter 11: Co-locating hydrogen infrastructure: a comparative case study of hydrogen valleys in the European Union and hydrogen hubs in Australia
Ruven Fleming and Jordie Pettit
Chapter 12: Implementing Circularity in Hydrogen Valleys: How the Circular Economy Enables the Asturias H₂ Valley Project
Álvaro Martín Morán
Chapter 13: Hydrogen in the Baltic Sea Region - An emerging hub and its framework
Michael Kalis
Chapter 14: The Euro-Africa Hydrogen Partnership: Promise, Power, and Pitfalls
Oliver C. Ruppel and Ruda Murray
Conclusion: Towards hydrogen law in the European Union and Europe? - (Non-) concluding remarks on a nascent field of law
Michael Kalis, Sirja-Leena Penttinen, Kim Talus
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