New paper recommends strategy to deliver renewable hydrogen

The recommendations have been made in the ‘From Ambition To Reality 3 – steps to accelerate net zero delivery’ paper, published today (August 29, 2023) as part of a series that examines the infrastructure delivery challenge of reaching mid-century net zero.

Findings in the report include an eight-to-12-fold increase in global electrolyser manufacturing capacity, a four-fold increase in annual capacity additions for offshore wind every year, and a 35 per cent increase in desalination capacity additions are required by 2030 to meet the EU’s goal of 10MPTA of renewable hydrogen production by 2030. The paper finds that traditional delivery methods will be too slow to deliver the infrastructure needed, putting the EU's production target at risk.

Now, Worley and Princeton researchers have devised the ‘EU Renewable H₂ Initiative Plan’, a ten-point plan for the industry. The report finds that through broad adoption of the plan by infrastructure participants, delivery times could potentially be reduced by 40 per cent while maintaining a disciplined approach to investment.