HYDROGEN: A RENEWABLE ENERGY PERSPECTIVE

policies and projects around the world expanding rapidly. Further acceleration of efforts is critical to ensuring a significant share of hydrogen in the energy system in the coming decades.

• Two key developments have contributed to the growth of hydrogen in recent years: the cost of hydrogen supply from renewables has come down and continues to fall, while the urgency of greenhouse gas emission mitigation has increased, and many countries have begun to take action to decarbonise their economies, notably energy supply and demand. The hydrogen debate has evolved over the past two decades, with a shift in attention from applications for the auto industry to hardto-decarbonise sectors such as energy-intensive industries, trucks, aviation, shipping and heating

applications.