Clean hydrogen gets green light

It said the lack of integration in the production, storage, distribution and utilization of hydrogen has resulted in high cumulative costs across these processes, impeding its industrial-scale development.

The lack of developed infrastructure for hydrogen energy, specifically in terms of storage and transportation facilities, is also hindering its widespread market adoption.

The administration called for a series of measures at the national level to address the problem.

Increased investment should be allocated to universities, research institutions and enterprises to bolster their research and development endeavors, ultimately leading to a reduction in technological costs, it said.

More efforts should be made to attract high-level talents, teams and entrepreneurs to be devoted to developing key technologies for green hydrogen production, so as to enhance technological innovation, the administration said.

"The country should improve infrastructure construction planning, coordinate national initiatives in developing green hydrogen storage, transportation and other infrastructure, and implement policies to encourage social capital participation," the statement said, adding the national policy support for the sector should be enhanced to ensure stability, continuity and coordination.