Natural Gas

Natural Gas – Renewable Gases – Hydrogen

2025-08-14

ACER’s First Recommendation on Inter-Temporal Cost Allocation Mechanisms for Financing Hydrogen Infrastructure

ACER’s Recommendation identifies key investment risks in hydrogen infrastructure and suggests ways to address them. It offers high-level guidance on designing fair and effective inter-temporal cost allocation mechanisms to support the development of the hydrogen market.
2025-08-14

Energy Innovation & RETA Report on Regulating Hydrogen: A Primer For Energy Regulators

This paper pulls together insights from a collaborative process involving two global workshops and hundreds of comments from energy regulators from around the world. The roadmap identifies the key issue areas that fall within energy regulators’ purview.
2025-05-29

ERRA GF COM Report on Gas Networks: Risks of Stranded Costs & Potential Benefits of Repurposing – Hydrogen & Biomethane Blending

ERRA Gaseous Fuels Markets and Economic Regulation Committee presents its latest report on Gas Networks: Risks of Stranded Costs & Potential Benefits of Repurposing - Hydrogen & Biomethane Blending. The report summarizes the findings of a survey conducted by the GF COM across 12 member countries. It examines the regulatory, technical, and economic readiness for repurposing natural gas infrastructure for hydrogen and biomethane integration.
2025-03-21

ACER Report: Key Developments in European Electricity and Gas Markets

This ACER Monitoring Report on key developments in EU energy markets highlights major trends in 2024, focusing on the interaction between gas and electricity. It sets out ACER’s recommendations on how Europe can unlock a clean, secure and competitive energy future.
2024-11-21

RAP Paper: Planning and Regulating Europe’s Gas Networks

This study provides comprehensive information on the current state of the gas grid, its development, and the regulatory framework in selected European countries, and identifies current regulatory barriers for the phase-out of fossil gas. It concludes with recommendations on how Member States could better align energy infrastructure planning with the attainment of national and EU climate targets.
2024-09-11

ERRA Report: Guarantees of Origin & Certification for Hydrogen and Renewable Gases

ERRA Gaseous Fuels Markets and Economic Regulation Committee presents its Latest Report on Guarantees of Origin & Certification for Hydrogen and Renewable Gases that explores hydrogen as a visionary energy solution, focusing on its production methods, logistics, and the role of Guarantees of Origin (GO) in ensuring environmental integrity and market viability.
2024-06-19

IRENA & ACE Publication: Renewable Energy Outlook for ASEAN – Towards A Regional Energy Transition – 2nd Edition

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is at a pivotal point in its collective energy future. This report outlines energy transition pathways that focus on renewables, end-use electrification, energy efficiency and emerging technologies, such as hydrogen. The main focus of this report is the 1.5°C Scenario (1.5-S), an energy pathway for ASEAN that is aligned with IRENA’s global 1.5-degree pathway from the World Energy Transitions Outlook