Europe's betting big on hydrogen – despite a lot of drawbacks. Is the continent's hydrogen strategy overblown? And if so…why?

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Credits:  
Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Video Editor: Frederik Willmann
Supervising Editor: Michael Trobridge, Kiyo Dörrer
Factcheck: Alexander Paquet
Thumbnail: Em Chabridon

Special thanks to: Belén Balanyá, Thierry Bros and Robert Rozansky for insightful background interviews.

Read more: 
Hydrogen infrastructure buildout:
https://globalenergymonitor.org/wp-co...

Clean Hydrogen Monitor 2023:
https://hydrogeneurope.eu/wp-content/...

EU hydrogen strategy (2020):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-conte...

Hydrogen lobby:
https://corporateeurope.org/en/dirty-...

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:56 EU's hydrogen plans
03:16 Reality check
04:25 It isn't the best solution
06:19 It isn't so easy
08:40 It isn't available (yet)
10:30 Lobbying galore
12:33 Conclusion