Enabling global trade in renewable hydrogen and derivative commodities

This IRENA-WTO joint publication explores the critical role of sound and coherent strategies in promoting renewable hydrogen and the hydrogen-derived commodities – such as renewable ammonia, methanol and e-kerosene – that are essential to decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors including heavy industry and transport. Renewable hydrogen and its derivatives could account for up to 14% of final energy consumption by 2050, especially in the form of industrial feedstocks and sustainable fuels. As climate and economic factors lead to production cost variations across regions, countries with abundant renewable resources may emerge as exporters, while those with strong industrial sectors but limited renewable resources may rely on imports to decarbonise their processes. →