Hydrogen industry associations call for action at COP26

Hydrogen is an essential element in emissions-cutting plans and decarbonising economies. Hydrogen has the potential to address the far-reaching climate change goals that have been hard to materialise; it can decarbonise multiple sectors as it can fuel transport, heat homes and power heavy industry.

Hydrogen provides the versatility required by future energy systems in a carbon constrained world as it supports efficient long-term energy storage. It also has the unique ability to be shipped and traded globally as a zero-carbon fuel, in both liquefied form and in chemical variants (such as ammonia).

75 countries representing over half the world’s GDP have net-zero carbon ambitions and more than 30 have hydrogen-specific strategies, but significant policy commitments and investment is still required to get the global hydrogen industry to scale.

Australian Hydrogen Council Chief Executive Officer, Dr Fiona Simon, said “With the world moving to net-zero, we have no choice but to consider all potential approaches to reducing our impact on the environment. We know that hydrogen has a crucial role to play in our future energy mix and now is the time to cement our commitments into policy and regulation. We look forward to working with our global counterparts to accelerate a global hydrogen certification scheme to get the hydrogen export market off the ground.”

The organisations include the Australian Hydrogen Council, H2KOREA, Renewable Hydrogen Alliance, Colorado Hydrogen Network, Canadian Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association.

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