Page 17 - Gi_November2021

“Global hydrogen supply
from electrolysers could
reach more than 8Mt by
2030. While significant, this
is still well below the 80Mt
required by that year in the
pathway to net zero CO₂
emissions by 2050 set out
in the IEA Roadmap for the
Global Energy Sector”

hydrogen strategies of the European production, although the United trucks, indicating a shift to the long-
Union and the United Kingdom. Kingdom and the Netherlands are distance segment where hydrogen can
Australia’s plans suggest it could pushing to become leaders in the field better compete with electric vehicles.
catch up with Europe in a few years; and account for a major part of the However, the total number of FCEVs
Latin America and the Middle East projects under development. is still well below the estimated 11
are expected to deploy large amounts million electric vehicles on the road
of capacity as well, in particular for EXPANDING THE REACH OF HYDROGEN USE today. Several demonstration projects
export. China made a slow start, but its Hydrogen can be used in many more for the use of hydrogen-based fuels in
number of project announcements is applications than those common today. rail, shipping and aviation are already
growing fast, and the United States is Although this still accounts for a small under development and are expected
stepping up ambitions with its recently share of total hydrogen demand, recent to open new opportunities for creating
announced Hydrogen Earthshot. progress to expand its reach has been hydrogen demand.
Sixteen projects for producing strong, particularly in transport. Hydrogen is a key pillar of
hydrogen from fossil fuels with carbon The cost of automotive fuel cells has decarbonisation for industry, although
capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) fallen by 70 per cent since 2008 thanks to most of the technologies that can
are operational today, producing 0.7Mt of technological progress and growing sales contribute significantly are still nascent.
hydrogen annually. Another 50 projects of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). Major steps are being taken. The world’s
are under development and, if realised, Thanks to the efforts by Korea, the first pilot project for producing carbon-
could increase the annual hydrogen United States, China and Japan, the free steel using low carbon hydrogen
production to more than 9Mt by 2030. number of FCEVs on the road grew began operation this year in Sweden.
Canada and the United States lead more than sixfold from 7,000 in 2017 In Spain, a pilot project for the use
in the production of hydrogen from to over 43,000 by mid-2021. In 2017, of variable renewables-based hydrogen
fossil fuels with CCUS, with more practically all FCEVs were passenger for ammonia production will start at
than 80 per cent of global capacity cars. Today, one-fifth are buses and the end of 2021.

17

14/10/2021 14:28
GlobalHydrogenReport.indd 2
GlobalHydrogenReport.indd 2 14/10/2021 14:28