Regulatory Framework: Legal Challenges and Incentives for the Development of Hydrogen Infrastructure in Port Areas
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In the ‘Government Strategy on Hydrogen’, the Dutch government has elaborated on the necessity to develop a clean hydrogen economy, on the role of hydrogen in the energy transition, and on its policy agenda in respect to the hydrogen market. The hydrogen strategy (and its policy agenda) is in line with the ambitious targets for zero-carbon hydrogen, which were introduced in the National Climate Agreement. The government has emphasised that the Netherlands is in a unique position to develop large-scale hydrogen infrastructure, particularly through the production and consumption of hydrogen in port areas and their industrial clusters. Currently, regional hydrogen clusters are being developed in Dutch ports, and in the north of the Netherlands. Parties in the Port of Rotterdam6 and the Port of Amsterdam (in collaboration with the North Sea Canal region and parties such as Tata Steel), and clusters in Zeeland/Flanders8 and in the northern Netherlands, have indicated that, in the short term, they will prepare for an economy in which hydrogen has a greater role. In the run up to 2030, there is a desire from the industry to connect hydrogen clusters to allow for the industry to be scaled up further. Ports and industrial clusters therefore consider hydrogen an indispensable part of their future sustainability strategy.
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TNO Identifier
955556
Publisher
New Energy Coalition (NEC) ; TNO ; Universiteit Groningen
Collation
43 p.
Place of publication
Groningen