Full Title: Transporting Hydrogen: A Global Outlook on Cross-Border Trade
Author(s): Joseph Webster
Publisher(s): Atlantic Council
Publication Date: July 15, 2025
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Description (excerpt):
Clean hydrogen is needed to achieve an energy-secore, net-zero future, with feasible use cases ranging from fertilizer production and steelmaking to zero-carbon fuels and beyond. As this nascent sector develops, clean hydrogen will need to be transported from where it is produced to where it is consumed, often over long distances. Seaborne transportation of clean hydrogen, however, will be significantly constrained by unfavorable techno-economic factors and technical challenges. Instead, clean hydrogen trade will primarily occur via pipeline, although some countries may import electricity to serve as a feedstock for domestic hydrogen production.