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Panel Discussion @BETD.24 on "Sustainability Standards in Green Hydrogen" moderated by Dr. Melinda Crane.
Green hydrogen, produced with renewable energy, is going to play an important role in achieving greenhouse-gas neutrality - through decarbonisation of non-electrifiable sectors, replacement of grey hydrogen in chemical industry, provision of long-duration energy storage, and as a component of synthetic fuels for transport. However, in a number of countries domestic supply will not be sufficient to satisfy domestic demand, necessitating imports of green hydrogen both in the short and long run.
Currently, the global green-hydrogen industry is still in an early phase, where pilot projects are being set up, but an international market with physical trade of green hydrogen and its derivatives has not yet developed. The session first takes stock of the current situation and then discusses the remaining challenges for suppliers and offtakers of green hydrogen that have to be solved in order to push-start international trade in the commodity. It also debates possible and essential pathways in the transformation of grey-hydrogen production through low-carbon intermediates to green-hydrogen production.
The focus in the subsequent discussion is on the challenge of proliferating, non-uniform or missing sustainability standards for the production and transport of green hydrogen. Sustainability standards here include both the regulatory requirements for electricity procurement and greenhouse gas thresholds, as well as criteria to judge the social and ecological impacts in producer countries. Participants first discuss whether unclear sustainability standards are an impediment for international market development. They then debate how these standards could be harmonised regarding design, methodology, and governance - while taking into account both the necessities of the industry and the developmental needs of the producer countries. Apart from that, possibilities of interoperability and recommendations how to best cope with differing standards will be explored.
Finally, session participants debate the role of green-hydrogen diplomacy in increasing the sustainability impact of international green-hydrogen projects. How can diplomacy help to make green-hydrogen trade a win-win business, with fair and sustainable rewards for both producer and consumer countries and their societies?
Speakers:
(1) Rachel Fakhry, Policy Director, Emerging Technologies, Climate & Clean Energy Program, The Natural Resources Defense Council ‪@NRDCflix‬
(2) Salim Nasser Al-Aufi, Minister of Energy and Minerals, #Oman
(3) Tom Alweendo, Minister of Mines and Energy, #namibia
(4) Sungat Yessimkhanov, Vice Minister of Energy, Republic of #kazakhstan
(5) Jonas Moberg, CEO of The Green Hydrogen Organisation (GH2)
(6) Svitlana Grynchuk, Deputy Minister of Energy, #ukraine
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