Challenges of Hydrogen Strategies of EU and Japan and Strengthen its EU-Japan Partnership

Hydrogen is an important energy source for advancing the energy transition and green transformation. For this reason, both Japan and the EU have formulated hydrogen strategies and are working toward its implementation. 

In particular, so-called “green hydrogen” (hydrogen produced through the electrolysis of water using clean energy) remains costly, and therefore both Japan and the EU have introduced subsidy schemes to bridge the cost gap. Also, in recent years, global inflation has driven up plant construction costs, and there have been cases in which planned projects have been canceled or delayed due to the inability to secure commitments from off-takers. The webinar will also report on the results from a recent study commissioned by the EU-Japan Centre about the potential for Japan and the EU to co-develop or align certain parts of their hydrogen supply chains, ensuring their access to critical technologies, markets, and infrastructure.

Against this backdrop of challenges, this webinar will bring together public- and private-sector stakeholders to discuss how the hydrogen industry systems that are economically and environmentally important to Japan and the EU can achieve competitiveness and sustainable growth, as well as how useful and promising cooperation and collaboration between Japan and the EU can be in achieving these goals.

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