Europex welcomes the opportunity to contribute to ENNOH’s consultation on the future of hydrogen network codes and considers the Groundwork Paper to be a valuable contribution towards defining the functional, operational and regulatory architecture of the future European hydrogen system. Establishing a coherent, competitive and investment-enabling market framework will be critical to the effective development and scale-up of hydrogen markets in Europe.
The present paper sets out several key principles that we consider central to the creation of an efficient, open, transparent and trading-oriented hydrogen market capable of supporting decarbonisation, security of supply and European competitiveness.