The German Economy Minister's Hydrogen Quest

Japan is aiming to commercialise an international hydrogen supply chain by producing hydrogen in bulk at low cost in countries blessed with bountiful renewable energy resources coupled with marine transport infrastructure./nChancellor Scholz, meanwhile, is promoting hydrogen imports not just as a way of decarbonising the German economy, but as a replacement for Russian gas./nIn August, he and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau flew to Newfoundland and Labrador to sign an agreement to create a transatlantic supply chain for hydrogen well before 2030, they said, with first deliveries aiming for 2025./nHowever, the physics of hydrogen is unlikely to play ball, meaning that largescale imports of hydrogen are likely to be difficult to achieve.