2 December 2020:  Regions Discussion - Hydrogen Valleys Forum: Policies and Actions on Hydrogen at a Regional Scale

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Focus:

The purpose of the Regions Forum is to learn the latest strategies and policy initiatives from leading jurisdictions, gain insights into the issue and approaches by leading practitioners of the Hydrogen Valley/Hub concept through practical actions on the ground.

Expected Outcome:

• Clear understanding of the strategic vision and actions by policy makers leading to robust hydrogen valleys; and,

• Insights into actions and key issues in implementing “hydrogen valley” related initiatives and programs in regions across the globe.

Background: 

Many international hydrogen initiatives recognise that a key next step in the acceleration of the use of hydrogen in the economy is leveraging current assets with new technologies in regions creating a “hydrogen valleys” that makes large-scale use of hydrogen fully sustainable. 

Mission Innovation Renewable and Clean Hydrogen Challenge focuses in part on the “hydrogen valleys” concept, a city, a region, an island, or an industrial cluster where several hydrogen applications are combined together into an integrated hydrogen ecosystem.  Consumption of a significant amount of hydrogen and the coverage of the entire value chain offers a pathway for scaling up of hydrogen production, transmission, storage, and use.

The International Energy Agency made a number of recommendations to the G20 to increase the momentum in hydrogen including taking advantage of existing industrial ports to turn them into hubs for lower-cost, lower-carbon hydrogen, use existing gas infrastructure to spur new clean hydrogen supplies, support transport fleets and corridors, and establish shipping routes to kick-start the international hydrogen trade.

Many countries and regions are taking action on the “hydrogen valleys” concept in their regions.