{"id":174643,"date":"2026-07-22T11:35:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=174643"},"modified":"2026-07-22T11:35:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:35:14","slug":"190-miljoner-i-skattestod-vatgassatsningen-pekas-ut-som-en-flopp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/190-million-in-tax-subsidies-for-the-hydrogen-initiative-is-being-called-a-flop\/","title":{"rendered":"190 million in tax incentives \u2013 hydrogen initiative labeled a flop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>It was supposed to pave the way for the future of transportation. Instead, the government\u2019s hydrogen initiative has become the target of growing criticism\u2014and the figures are now causing many to raise their eyebrows.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the government has granted 190 million kronor in subsidies for a nationwide network of hydrogen refueling stations, only four Swedish-registered hydrogen-powered trucks are currently in commercial service. At the same time, criticism of the initiative is growing from several quarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The hydrogen supply chain company Hydri, together with its owners, has received government funding to build ten hydrogen refueling stations in southern Sweden. The company believes that the infrastructure must be built before the market can take off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2013 Infrastructure has to come first. Not many refrigerators were sold before the power grid was in place.<\/em>, says Hydris's chairman of the board <strong>Michel Thomas<\/strong> to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.svt.se\/nyheter\/inrikes\/190-miljoner-till-vatgasmackar-men-bara-fyra-lastbilar-kor-pa-vatgas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SVT<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Critic: \u201dA very expensive battery\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the reality so far looks considerably more modest. Of the six hydrogen-powered trucks registered in Sweden, only four are in service, and when SVT visited two of the new stations, no one was refueling there. The company is nevertheless hopeful that <strong>10,000\u201320,000 trucks<\/strong> once the market is fully established.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dThe problem with hydrogen is also the production of the gas, which is extremely energy-intensive. Hydrogen in a vehicle is really just a very expensive battery\u2014with significant energy losses at two stages. So far, it seems very questionable\u2014and expensive.\u201d<\/em>, writes the Moderate Party member of the Riksdag <strong>Jan Ericson<\/strong> on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ericson_ubbhult\/status\/2079830544896901160\">X<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"sv\" dir=\"ltr\">Another problem with hydrogen is that its production is extremely energy-intensive. Hydrogen in a vehicle is really just a very expensive battery\u2014with significant energy losses at two stages. So far, it seems very questionable\u2014and expensive.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NqhvGZjYF2\">https:\/\/t.co\/NqhvGZjYF2<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Jan Ericson \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Ericson_ubbhult) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ericson_ubbhult\/status\/2079830544896901160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u201dI\u2019m not surprised by this; it\u2019s just one in a long line of examples of political waste\u2014Northvolt, Stegra, CO2 capture, and so on. Few forms of energy are as expensive and resource-intensive as hydrogen.\u201d<\/em>, writes the X-profile <strong>Mats Yxh\u00e4ll<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has suspended new grants for hydrogen refueling stations pending the development of other parts of the hydrogen supply chain.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>190 million tax kronor have been invested in hydrogen. Now criticism is mounting as the results turn out to be significantly lower than expected<\/p>","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":174644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[206,1523,205],"tags":[2678,5066],"class_list":["post-174643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-inrikes","category-liten","category-nyheter","tag-skattesloseri","tag-vatgas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}