Green hydrogen

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Background

Clean hydrogen will play an important role in realising a global net-zero emission energy system. Countries with low-cost renewable potential, access to water and low cost of capital are well-positioned to become major producers and/or exporters of green hydrogen and its derivatives. Developing hydrogen standards, regulations and certification mechanisms will be key to enable the market creation and growth and facilitate the international trade of green hydrogen.

Overview

This webinar provided insights on the opportunities and challenges in developing certification mechanisms for green hydrogen. It paid particular attention to the strategies that can foster international harmonisation of standards. It also provided insights on the role that governments, the private sector and international organisations can play in the development of hydrogen certification. More specifically, the objectives of the webinar were to:

• Understand the considerations and challenges around certification for international hydrogen trade, including its impact on end-uses.
• Provide inputs on priority areas to hydrogen stakeholders for harmonising certification mechanisms and in turn facilitate international hydrogen trade.
• Discuss the roles individual governments, private sector and international organisations can play in developing hydrogen certification.
  
  
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Speakers

Welcome and opening remarks

• Kumi Kitamori, Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD
  
  

Presentation of the OECD's Working Paper on Green Hydrogen in Emerging Economies

• Joseph Cordonnier, Policy Analyst, CEFIM Programme, OECD: “Identifying success factors for low-carbon hydrogen market development
  and building enabling conditions” 
  
  

Session 1: Challenges and considerations for hydrogen certification

Moderator: Joseph Cordonnier, Policy Analyst, CEFIM Programme, OECD

• Sam Bartlett, Director of the Green Hydrogen Standard, Green Hydrogen Organisation
• Thomas Koch Blank, Senior Principal, Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI): “Green Hydrogen Certification: Enabling a Global Market”
• Yuran Kim, Deputy Director at the Air Quality Future Strategy Division, Ministry of Environment of Korea 
• Wouter Vanhoudt, Global Head of Business Development, Hinicio / CertifHy: “Certification system for renewable and non-renewable hydrogen & derivatives to trigger international trade” 
  
  

Session 2:  International harmonisation and interoperability

Moderator: Deger Saygin, Industry Programme Lead, CEFIM Programme, OECD

• José Miguel Bermúdez, Energy Technology Analyst - Hydrogen and Alternative Fuels, International Energy Agency (IEA): “Challenges and considerations for hydrogen certification” 
• Prerna Bhargava, Assistant Manager - Hydrogen Strategy Team, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia: “Australia’s Guarantee of Origin scheme: International harmonisation and interoperability” 
  
• Jared Braslawsky, Managing Director, The International REC Standard Foundation (I-REC Standard): “Low Carbon Fuels Certification Perspective: Lessons learned from 20-years of electricity tracking” 
• Daria Nochevnik, Director for Policy and Partnerships, Hydrogen Council
  
  

Session 3: Stakeholder roles

Moderator: Geraldine Ang, Co-Team Lead, CEFIM Programme, OECD

• Laurent Antoni, Executive Director Elect, International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy (IPHE): “Certification for facilitating international trade of green hydrogen” 
• Axel Dombrowski, Director of Innovation & Digitalisation, DNV: “DNV in the energy industry: Certification for facilitating international trade of green hydrogen”
• Tudor Florea, Policy Advisor on Hydrogen, Green Technologies and Energy Storage, Ministry of Energy Transition of France: “French legal framework for hydrogen certification"
  
  

Summary, wrap up and next steps

• Deger Saygin, Industry Programme Lead, CEFIM Programme, OECD