On 28 July 2025, the AquaVentus Förderverein e.V. submitted a statement on the draft bill of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action for a "Law to Accelerate the Availability of Hydrogen".
AquaVentus welcomes the goal of accelerating the regulatory ramp-up of the hydrogen economy. At the same time, we criticize the restriction in the draft whereby only electrolysers on land and in the coastal sea area are to receive preferential treatment. Offshore electrolysers in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) would thus remain legally excluded – even though they are crucial for grid-serving, scalable and resilient hydrogen production.