Guarantee of origin

For renewable hydrogen to be accounted toward the European Union’s (EU) renewable energy share target and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets, it has to have a ”guarantee of origin” (GO). Therefore, the EU’s Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH 2 JU) funds the ”CertifHy Certification System” project developed by a consortium led by Hinicio with Ludwig Bölkow Systemtechnik (LBST), Grexel, TNO and TÜV SÜD. Between 2014 and 2016, the CertifHy project (phase 1) developed an EU-wide Green and Low Carbon GO Scheme including a definition for Green and Low Carbon hydrogen and a roadmap with concrete steps for the implementation of an EU-wide GO scheme. The follow-up (CertifHy project phase 2) that ran from October 2017 to March 2019 built on the momentum an