Full Title: Clean Hydrogen: Policies to Help America Lead
Author(s): Rudra Kapila, Alexander Laska, and Nicholas Montoni
Publisher(s): Third Way
Publication Date: March 17, 2023
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Description (excerpt):
Clean hydrogen will play an outsized role in decarbonizing hard-to-electrify sectors of the economy. The more we do now to ensure that the US can grow a durable competitive advantage in the global market for clean hydrogen, the more of that market will be captured by US companies and the more jobs in the clean hydrogen value chain will be filled by American workers. Commercial diplomacy and trade policy actions are critical for US market access to European purchasers. Designing domestic regulations and incentives t0 reflect the opportunities and limitations of export markets would yield a stronger US hydrogen sales pace and domestic job growth.
The US needs significant investment in hydrogen-specific equipment for leakage detection. Safe and effective hydrogen production, transport, and storage will give the US a competitive advantage as these technologies will generate substantial demand in global markets. Even more investment is needed in liquid organic hydrogen carriers, storage networks, newly designed and repurposed pipelines, and port infrastructure to make the US a leading global supplier. Since these transport and storage technologies are still nascent, the US has time on its side to gain a competitive edge