In recent times many countries are viewing hydrogen energy as an area essential for the implementation of national low-carbon development strategies. However, hydrogen is a secondary energy source, i.e. additional energy is required to produce it, which has an effect on its cost price.

There are currently a lot of debates going on about the potential of hydrogen. The question arises as to what role hydrogen will play in the energy transition. In this article you can find out which political regulations have already been made and which changes are just around the corner.

The US was working with partners in India to launch a US-India Hydrogen Task Force under the US-India Strategic Energy Partnership initiative.

India would not only be pushing hydrogen in the transport sector, but would also expand its use to a range of sectors such as chemicals, iron and steel, heating and power.

The hydrogen design can be used for grid-scale blending with natural gas pipelines, blending existing or new power-generating facilities and energy-storage injection into salt caverns and above-ground storage tanks

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on April 8 signed a memorandum of cooperation with the UAE's Ministry of Energy & Infrastructure to jointly consider developing an international hydrogen supply chain with an eye to supply the fuel to Japan.

The two planned power stations -- Keadby 3 and Keadby Hydrogen -- will form a "clean power hub" near Scunthorpe and accelerate the decarbonization of the Humberside region, the UK's largest and most carbon-intensive industrial cluster.

Turkey will be blending hydrogen, promoted as a clean, efficient and sustainable energy source, with natural gas with the new facility

However, Russian gas remains competitive for European buyers given its low-cost production base and long-term reliability.

As China’s largest hydrogen producer, Sinopec will focus on fossil fuel-based hydrogen production over the next five years and also start introducing “green” hydrogen using solar and wind power,

Over the past few years, Russia has introduced several state incentives aimed at keeping up with the rising role of renewables in the energy mix.

The ecological transition for Europe can only be fully effective, the Commission said, if the EU’s immediate neighbourhood also takes effective action.

The institutional framework in India attracts investments for its growing energy needs - private sector investments are allowed in coal mining, open up oil and gas retail markets.

During the feasibility study, ENEOS and Saudi Aramco will jointly look at Aramco's hydrogen production derived from feedstocks such as natural gas and LPG as well as capture and storage of its associated CO2 from production, ENEOS said.

Nuclear energy can generate low-carbon hydrogen via a number of different ways.