“双碳”目标下氢的能源法律属性认定

Identification of the Energy Legal Attribute of Hydrogen under the"Double Carbon"Goal

氢能作为一种清洁能源和可再生能源,是实现“双碳”目标的重要选项。长期以来,氢气被归类为危险化学品,单一的法律属性使氢能产业发展的道路上困难重重。实践中,支持将氢气按照能源管理而非危险化学品管理的呼声越来越高,然而现实却是既有“激进派”的呼吁,也有“保守派”的谨慎。重新识别氢的法律属性需要结合氢能“顶层设计”,把握国家对氢能的定位。《氢能产业发展中长期规划(2021-2035年)》将氢能上升到国家能源战略定位,为氢的法律属性认定指明了方向。今后应当以《能源法》立法为契机,加快氢能正式成为我国法定的能源种类,逐渐改变其单一危化品法律身份。

As a kind of clean energy and renewable energy,hydrogen energy is an important option to achieve the goal of"double carbon".For a long time,hydrogen has been classified as a hazardous chemical,and its single legal attribute has made the development of the hydrogen energy industry difficult.In practice,there is growing support for managing hydrogen as an energy source rather than as a hazardous chemical.However,in reality,there are both"radical"appeals and caution from"conservative".To re-identify the legal attributes of hydrogen,it is necessary to combine it with the"top level design"of hydrogen energy and grasp the country's positioning of hydrogen energy.The Medium and Long Term Plan for the Development of the Hydrogen Energy Industry(2021-2035)elevates hydrogen energy to the national energy strategic positioning and points out the direction for the legal attribute recognition of hydrogen.In the future,the legislation of the Energy Law should be used as an opportunity to speed up the formalization of hydrogen energy as a legal energy type in my country and gradually change its legal status as a single hazardous chemical.