Pixie Chart of the week | IEA demonstrates a future with hydrogen

This week’s Pixie Chart of the Week demonstrates policies directly supporting hydrogen deployment by target application. It also shows the emphasis being placed on hydrogen-based energy solutions in the transport sector (currently minimal).

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) latest report The Future of Hydrogen illustrated that the momentum of hydrogen as a fuel is currently building from both political and commercial perspectives. By mid-2019, the total number of targets, mandates and policy incentives that directly support hydrogen has reached approximately 50 globally.

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