Abu Dhabi launches its low-carbon hydrogen strategy

Abu Dhabi launches its low-carbon hydrogen strategy: The Emirate of Abu Dhabi released its low-carbon hydrogen production policy, setting out a framework enabling cooperation across the full green fuels value chain, Wam reports.

Details are scant: The new policy aims to link up the low-carbon hydrogen, natural gas, and electricity sectors in a bid to boost clean power production and build “hydrogen oases” in Abu Dhabi, Wam notes. The Supreme Council for Financial and Economic Affairs and the UAE’s Energy Department will set the technical standards for the green hydrogen generation hubs across the Emirate.

Not the same as the national green hydrogen strategy: Back in July, the UAE government set a target to produce 1.4 mn tons of hydrogen annually by 2031 before increasing its production capacity tenfold to between 14 and 22 mn tons by 2050. State-owned Masdar is seperately eyeing an annual 1 mn ton green hydrogen production volume by the end of the decade.