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An initiative funded by the FCH 2 JU
Certification system for renewable
and non-renewable hydrogen &
derivatives to trigger international
trade
OECD
January 13th, 2023

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Master in Commercial
Engineering Business
Informatics & Master of
Finance Vlerick Management
School.
Project Coordinator for
European Commission
supported Standard on Green
H2 Certification.
Chair and Board of AIB Gas
Scheme Group 2020-2022
Prince Albert Funds Alumnus,
Professional career: 17 year, of
which 1 year in China and 3
years in Middle East.
Belgian native. Trilingual:
Dutch-English-French. Based
in Brussels
Introducing myself
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CEN CENELEC – JTC 6 liaison
Coordinator since 2014
Chair Gas Scheme Group & Board Member
2020-2022
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Act as a buffer
to increase
system resilience
Distribute energy
across sectors and
regions
Enable large-scale
renewables integration
and power generation
Enable the renewable energy system Decarbonize end uses
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7
5
6
2
3
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Decarbonize
transportation
Help decarbonize
building heat and
power
Decarbonize
industrial energy use
Serve as feedstock,
using captured carbon
Source:
Hydrogen Council, 2017
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Hydrogen GO a prerequisite for Hydrogen as an enabler of the Energy
Transition

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Act as a buffer
to increase
system resilience
Distribute energy
across sectors and
regions
Enable large-scale
renewables integration
and power generation
Enable the renewable energy system Decarbonize end uses
4
7
5
6
2
3
1
Decarbonize
transportation
Help decarbonize
building heat and
power
Decarbonize
industrial energy use
Serve as feedstock,
using captured carbon
Source:
Hydrogen Council 2017
7
Hydrogen GO - propagating environmental attributes along industrial
chains
g CO2/
km
g CO2/
kWh
g CO2/
kWh
g CO2/
kg

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Markets attribute premium value to clean hydrogen as it allows
companies to meet their voluntary or regulatory targets
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Hydrogen
What is the
economic value
of H2?
Cost driven
No premium value
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The molecule
H
Sustainability driven
(CSR)
Premium value
Driven by
supply/demand
balance of ”clean”
hydrogen
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Clean H2 to comply with
voluntary targets
Compliance driven
Premium value
Driven by financial
incentives (tax,
penalties…)
3
Clean H2 to comply with
mandatory EU targets

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Certification scheme design fundamentals: more than just a GHG
methodology
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Product Attributes
Chain of Custody
Certification
Book & Claim system vs.
Mass balancing
Validation/verification incl.
auditing
Issuance of certificates
Requirements
Carbon Footprint
Socio-Economic sust.
…
Renewability
Labels
Supervision
Governance
Other Environmental
Sustainability
Fundamental principles

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Phase 2
Phase 1
Define a widely acceptable
definition of green hydrogen
CertifHy aims to develop the 1st European-wide Green and Low Carbon
hydrogen GO scheme
Determine how to design
and implement a robust EU
wide GO scheme
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Set-up a hydrogen GO Stakeholder
platform
2014 2016 2017 2018/9 2020s..
Finalise the scheme design
ensuring it can be the main route
to guarantee the origin of green &
low carbon hydrogen across EU
Member States
Run a pilot scheme to test the
proposed design
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2
3
Identify actions which need to be
undertaken after the completion
of the study to achieve an EU
wide deployment of the scheme
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Phase 3
Prepare EU wide deployment:
Implement Scheme:
➢Gas Scheme Group of AIB
➢Voluntary Issuing Body
➢Expand Stakeholder Forum
with WG on Issuing Bodies
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Expand from GOs to RFNBO
certification
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Affiliated partners:

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CertifHy developed
Factual data fields on GO Scheme …
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Next to a robust tracing and tracking system for hydrogen production,
CertifHy developed two labels: “CertifHy Green” and “CertifHy Low
Carbon” together with Policy makers, Civil Society, and Industry.
A robust tracking system for objective
characteristics of hydrogen production:
production technology, place of
production, energy sources used, financial
support received, GHG allocation methods,
etc.
… and two labels
Subjective appreciation

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The first commercial transactions already took place, i.e. issuance
and use (‘Cancellation’) of first green H2 GOs:
H2 Mobility Deutschland & Transport for London
Issued: 28.000 GOs
Transfer: 16.000 GOs
1 GO = 1 MWh
http://www.airproducts.co.uk/Company/news-
center/2019/02/0207-air-products-launches-european-
project-to-certify-renewable-hydrogen-uk.aspx

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CertifHy 3 phase 2: Moving from RED2 Art 19 GOs towards RED2 Art 25-30: RFNBO
– compliant H2 allows transport fuel suppliers to reach 14% renewable energy
Transport
Storage
+ mass balance
RFNBO scope
RFNBO
scope:
Sustainability
criteria
for
elec:
Additionality
&
“in-sync”
with
RE
Production device
GO scope
Out of scope

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Certification Systems constantly (need to) evolve because of the new
policy target. CertifHy Team is working with FertilizersEurope
building NH3 certification Scheme and partner with RSB
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An initiative funded by the FCH 2 JU
For questions, please contact
certifhy@hinicio.com