Featured in The Long Game – 02-2023

Into thin air

Before invading Ukraine, Russia wanted to become a global hydrogen superpower, with 20% of the global market this decade. The nation is now ostracized in the West and investors are fleeing renewables, but Russia may still have a few aces up its sleeve, as Ian Skarytovsky reports.

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pv magazine

08 Feb 2023

Gas pipelines could be converted to transit hydrogen, argue proponents of Russia’s potential to shift from natural gas to hydrogen exports. | Photo: Gazprom

On Feb. 18, 2022, the Russian energy ministry published a comprehensive hydrogen industry development program under which the country planned to establish the export of 2.2 million tons of the energy carrier per year, primarily to four key markets: Germany, China, Japan, and South Korea.A week later, Russia invaded Ukraine. Three of those four countries …

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