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Dictionary termGreen hydrogenGreen hydrogen is hydrogen produced using renewable electricity, typically through electrolysis, with low associated operational greenhouse gas emissions.Read the full definition

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'Green/renewable' hydrogen only where RFNBO criteria met (Dictionary termAdditionalityAdditionality is the test of whether an emissions reduction or removal would not have occurred without the carbon finance, intervention or incentive being claimed.Read the full definition , temporal & geographic correlation); Guarantees of Origin tracking; low-carbon hydrogen threshold 3.38 kgCO₂e/kgH₂ (methology 2025).

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