FACTS AND FIGURES

Brazil published a resolution establishing the National Hydrogen Program (PNH2). Among its objectives, the policy seeks to decarbonize the economy; to value and encourage national technological development; and to develop a competitive hydrogen market.

Honduras, IDB has placed technical cooperation in its pipeline of possible financing to support the development of green hydrogen in Honduras and Paraguay, with initial steps being taken in Honduras. The funds would help evaluate the feasibility of producing, storing, transporting and using hydrogen for power generation and thermal applications. The Central American nation’s energy department and power regulator CREE also would benefit from capacity building related to the legal, regulatory and institutional framework.

The focus for Paraguay is to expand on existing work, targeting technology to improve productivity and resilience. Trinidad & Tobago’s government is moving toward the creation of a low carbon hydrogen industry with green (or blue) hydrogen being a carbon neutral alternative, which can be used as feedstock for petrochemical production.

Mexico created the hydrogen group Asociación Mexicana de Hidrógeno (AMH), the organization brings together more than 30 energy companies and includes energy trade groups and agencies from the states of Coahuila, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo, Campeche, Puebla and Nuevo León.