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Pacific Hydrogen Roadmap

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The Need for a Hydrogen Economy in the Pacific

The Need for a Hydrogen Economy: The Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) despite being a negligible consumer of fossil fuels and contributor to global emissions, are exposed to ever-increasing climate risks that threaten their ecologies and economies. Further, they face energy security challenges due to their heavy reliance on imported fossil fuels which supply […]

About the Project

The Efate outcome statement from the Fifth Pacific Regional Energy and Transport Ministers’ Meeting held in Port Vila, Vanuatu in May 2023, recognises the need to consider the potential of green hydrogen and its derivatives in decarbonising the region. This included endorsing the development of a timebound Pacific regional green hydrogen strategy. Responding to this […]

The development of the Pacific Hydrogen Strategy is being led by the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Sydney consortia, supported by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) the Pacific Community (SPC), and the University of South Pacific (USP). The Strategy is being funded by Australian Government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)