Slow pace of European hydrogen policies could see private investors 'run away'

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Policymakers in Europe are moving too slowly to provide a regulatoryframework for renewable hydrogen and risk losing private investorswho are looking to finance projects, a special adviser on hydrogen tothe International Energy Agency said July 7.Noe van Hulst, a former hydrogen envoy at the Dutch economicaffairs ministry who now advises the IEA, said developers were waitingfor the EU and national governments to outline market rules andprovide adequate financial support for projects, with the slow paceputting the bloc's near-term targets in jeopardy.