Hydrogen Specific Developments

Hydrogen specific developments globally over the period of the HySupply project have also been marked The IEA reports that an additional nine countries, covering around 30% of global energy sector emissions, released national hydrogen strategies in 2022, joining 17 existing jurisdictions. Electrolyser manufacturing capacity is growing and there has been progress in new hydrogen applications in steel making, chemicals production transport New R&D and Demonstration projects have been supported in jurisdictions including the EU and particularly the US through its bipartisan Infrastructure Law

The IEA identifies policies and targets in more than 25 countries that are expected to deliver 50 GW of wind and PV capacity focused on producing hydrogen over the coming five years, with China followed by Australia, Chile and the United States seen as the key markets [4] A recent market assessment notes that Government subsidies will begin in 2023 in the United States, the EU, the UK and Germany, and probably in Canada, India and Portugal [5]

However, these developments are still not on track with the IEA’s Net Zero Emissions by 2050 Scenario In particular, they argue that faster action is required on creating demand for low emission hydrogen and unlocking investment to accelerates scale-up and infrastructure development [6]