Clean, green hydrogen energy has long been hyped as the key to decarbonizing big industries like steel. E.On has since retreated from investment in large-scale green hydrogen infrastructure and has slashed import targets. "International hydrogen imports, hydrogen production, and midstream activities will be deprioritized," E.On spokesperson Alexander Ihl told DW. The world had big plans for green hydrogen, but it's taken a back seat due in part to high costs Image: DW"There's no question that scaling green hydrogen, particularly as an export product, presents real challenges," Dino Otranto, Fortescue Metals and Operations CEO, told DW. "Green hydrogen remains the most viable pathway to produce green iron at scale," said Otranto, adding that no other technologies can deliver "the emissions reductions we need."