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However, potential for acceleration remains unused in key areas.    <\/p>\n\n<p>In its statement, FNB Gas makes concrete proposals to further accelerate approval and planning procedures. Central to this are, among other things: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Determination of the overriding public interest for the measures of the hydrogen core network beyond 2030  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inclusion of natural gas boosting measures for the early conversion of natural gas pipelines to hydrogen in the scope of the law  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Exemption from EU public procurement law for tenders for the hydrogen core network  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The hydrogen ramp-up needs speed &#8211; and the right framework conditions.  <\/p>\n\n<p>The position is available in the downloads. <\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<div class=\"container-fluid fnb-downloadl-block break-out\">\n    <div class=\"container\">\n\n        <div class=\"row\">\n            <div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n                <h4 class=\"rubrik text-center\">Downloads<\/h4>\n            <\/div>\n\n            <!-- Downloads -->\n            \n                                    \n                    <div class=\"col-xs-12 col-lg-10 col-xl-8 g-2 offset-lg-1 offset-xl-2 fnb-downloadl-item\">\n                        <div class=\"fnb-dl-name\"><b>STN WassBG<\/b><\/div>\n                        <div class=\"fnb-meta-wrap\">\n                            <div class=\"fnb-dl-beschriftung\">PDF \/ 547 kB<\/div>\n                            <div class=\"fnb-dl-button nep-dl-button\"><a\n                                        target=\"_blank\"\n                                        href=\"https:\/\/fnb-gas.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250728_Stellungnahme-FNB-Gas_WassBG.pdf\"> <\/a><\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"fnb-dl-trenner\"><span><\/span><\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n\n                                        <!-- \/Downloads -->\n\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TSOs welcome legislative will to speed up planning and approval procedures  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14881,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"news_resort":[65,68],"news_types":[73],"class_list":["post-14902","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_resort-energy-future","news_resort-hydrogen-network","news_types-position-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FNB Gas on the draft bill for the Hydrogen Acceleration Act - FNB Gas<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The European Commission wants to revise the legal framework for energy grids - an important step towards building an integrated European energy system. %\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fnb-gas.de\/en\/news\/fnb-gas-on-the-draft-bill-for-the-hydrogen-acceleration-act\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"FNB Gas on the draft bill for the Hydrogen Acceleration Act\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"FNB Gas expressly welcomes the draft law as a necessary step towards accelerating the ramp-up of the hydrogen economy and sees important improvements compared to the previous draft. 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