Münster – October 30, 2026 -- The partners of the GET H2 initiative have published a seven-point paper setting out measures to remove the bottlenecks slowing Germany's hydrogen ramp-up, supplementing the impulse paper the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) released on October 20.
The partners welcome the ministry's renewed focus on hydrogen and say the direction is right. Their paper adds practical detail to the proposed measures. It stresses the urgency of pending regulation, in particular the still-outstanding transposition of the EU Internal Market Directive for gas and hydrogen through an amendment of the Energy Industry Act (EnWG).
Demands draw on a fully integrated 100 MW hydrogen cluster
GET H2 says its demands rest on project experience along the entire hydrogen value chain. In August 2026, the partners commissioned the GET H2 Nukleus, described as the first fully integrated hydrogen cluster. Renewable hydrogen from a 100 MW electrolyser in Lingen travels through dedicated pipeline infrastructure to the Marl chemical park.
According to the partners, measures to lower renewable hydrogen production costs, secure transport infrastructure and support demand are the precondition for investment security in further projects of this kind.
Seven measures cover certification, imports, grids, storage and the RED III quota
- Reform the RFNBO criteria pragmatically and clarify the grid-fee regime
- Strengthen the certification system and decouple trading of physical hydrogen from its origin attributes
- Accelerate imports while safeguarding domestic competitiveness
- Secure the core network and treat distribution grids as a separate priority
- Fast-track storage as system-critical infrastructure
- Bring production and demand together by reordering demand incentives
- Secure grandfathering protection under the RED III transport quota