Green hydrogen can help decarbonise hard-to-abate sectors such as heavy-duty transport and some industrial processes where electrification can be difficult or impossible. This paper reviews the green hydrogen landscape providing insights on current and developing law and policy frameworks, finance and bankability considerations and provides recommendations to help advance the green hydrogen value chain considering key challenges and areas of opportunity.
Given the nascent nature of the clean hydrogen sector, alignment of the policy and regulatory architecture towards a Paris-aligned green hydrogen economy can provide important legal clarity, certainty and can create an enabling environment for stakeholder engagement across the value chain. Initiation of a clean hydrogen economy, in line with sustainable development goals, can be helped by:
Several mechanisms can be used to help make green hydrogen projects economically more competitive and to facilitate investments. Read the report to learn more.
Green hydrogen is highly capital intensive and currently more expensive than its fossil counterpart, making it highly sensitive to financing conditions and policy support.