Malta: EU door to gas pipeline finance is shut, despite hydrogen-ready changes to plan
Feb 25, 2021 2:30:pm
Summary Changed proposals for a hydrogen-ready pipeline lacked “justification to what extent [it] would actually be used for renewable gases”
by: Matthew Vella
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Malta: EU door to gas pipeline finance is shut, despite hydrogen-ready changes to plan
The European Commission has shut the door to any funding for Malta’s gas pipeline, after informing the government that its proposal for a “hydrogen-ready” pipeline fell short of a sufficient justification.
In correspondence obtained through an EU freedom of information request, the EC’s Innovation and Networks Executive Agency told Malta that its attempt to finance a €400 million pipeline with an H2-ready design lacked “justification to what extent [it] would actually be used for renewable gases”.