Europe's renewable hydrogen certification rules, known as RFNBO, are up for review this autumn. The EU set these standards to prove that hydrogen is genuinely low carbon, but the article argues they are becoming a barrier for international producers. With the bloc aiming to import 10 million tons of renewable hydrogen by 2030, complex verification could push projects toward Asian buyers instead. The piece makes a practical point: producers selling into multiple markets need mutual recognition between credible certification schemes, not repeated re-verification. It also warns that unstable rules add risk to projects with multi-year build times. The key question for the review is whether Europe can keep its environmental standards intact while making compliance workable for global suppliers.
