Compare Books

You have no items to compare.

Recently Viewed

Arctic Oil Pollution and Legal Liability: From Ships to Offshore Installations

Home >
Law >
Environmental / Energy Law >
Hydrogen Law in the European Union and Europe

Coming Soon Hydrogen Law in the European Union and Europe

Hydrogen Law in the European Union and Europe

Author: Michael Kalis; Sirja-Leena Penttinen; Kim Talus
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 9781041134114
Published In: July 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

List Price: ¥10,011.65

¥9,711.30 Save ¥300.35 (3%)

Download Order Form

Add to Wishlist
| Add to Compare

Description
Contents

Details

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.

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

Index