UAE cabinet backs ambitious hydrogen strategy
Cop28 host targets role as leading supplier with goal to produce 15mn t/yr by 2050 and plan to establish R&D centre by 2031
The UAE aims to produce 1.4mn t/yr of low-carbon hydrogen by 2031 and 15mn t/yr by 2050 under a national hydrogen strategy approved by the cabinet this week. The strategy includes the creation of two hydrogen “oases” with renewable power generation by 2031, with a further three to be developed by 2050, according to Suhail al-Mazrouei, minister of energy and infrastructure. The Gulf state, which will host the Cop28 global climate talks later this year, also aims to set up a centre for hydrogen research and development by 2031. “It is a long-term plan to turn the UAE into a leading and reliable producer and supplier of low-carbon hydrogen by 2031,” Mazrouei told state news agency Wam. “The str
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