The Belgian Council of Ministers has approved a €3.5 million national scientific exploration programme to determine whether natural hydrogen exists in Belgian subsoil — a survey, not a discovery.
Belgium’s €3.5 million BE.Hydrogen geoscientific survey, approved March 2026, may carry long-term regulatory implications for compliance directors navigating ReFuelEU mandates and RED III obligations across the Greater Region.
As carbon capture and utilisation infrastructure expands, geological hydrogen projects in Europe explore potential CO₂ storage and transport co-location opportunities.
As Belgium’s BE.Hydrogen programme scales electrolyser capacity toward RED III deadlines, geological hydrogen discoveries across the Greater Region may reshape the cost curve for compliance directors racing to meet 2030 quotas.
The Clean Hydrogen Partnership’s Hydrogen Valleys Days in Antwerp showcased BE.Hydrogen and EU valley projects as RED III compliance timelines tighten for 2030.