Denmark is wasting an obvious opportunity to get both greener fuels, increase the consumption of green electricity and strengthen PtX production in Denmark. This is what Brintbranchen writes in a press release.

- It is not good enough. We can and should be much more ambitious on behalf of the industry and the green transition. Used correctly, the directive is a powerful tool to strengthen the development of PtX in Denmark, create a stronger green industry and contribute to greener fuels. And that, of course, without the state having to pay any support. This is something Denmark normally fights for in Brussels, but now that the directive has come to Copenhagen, Denmark is going for the least possible effort. This is not where we should be as a nation, and the government should think carefully again,  
says Tejs Laustsen Jensen, director of the Hydrogen Industry.

The Hydrogen Industry instead proposes that Denmark pursues an ambitious implementation, starting with a gradual phasing-in as early as 2026, which according to the organization can be done at a marginal cost, but with a major effect on the decline of green electricity and the stimulation of hydrogen and PtX projects.

The organization also criticizes the government's interpretation of the state aid rules. According to the Hydrogen Industry, the government risks excluding hydrogen and PtX projects that have received state aid from being included in the achievement of the goals in the directive.

- We believe that the government is misinterpreting the state aid rules. There is no European precedent for not counting supported projects in achieving the target, and this will have consequences for a large number of existing PtX projects in Denmark. The government's current interpretation puts us in the strange and also unfortunate situation that the government will over-implement the rules for state aid, but at the same time under-implement the core of the directive, namely getting as much green electricity into the system as possible. This is not the right approach as a green pioneer country,  
says Tejs Laustsen Jensen.

The hydrogen industry therefore calls on the government to reassess its priorities in working with the VEIII directive and take the necessary steps to ensure a more ambitious green implementation.

- An ambitious implementation of the VEIII directive is an easily accessible way to ensure progress in the Danish hydrogen and PtX industry. We risk falling behind as a hydrogen nation if we do not fully use the tools that the EU makes available. Therefore, the hydrogen industry would like the government to go back to the drawing board and partly clarify the Danish interpretation of state aid rules, and partly come up with a more ambitious implementation goal,  
concludes Tejs Laustsen Jensen.

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