Hydrogen in Iceland – Current Situation
Press release of the vision for hydrogen in Iceland until 203
Hydrogen could play a vital role in decarbonizing Iceland
For over two decades Iceland has been viewing the role of H2 in its strategy to decarbonize its fuel consumption. The transport sector, including maritime activities, is responsible for a large share GHG emissions in Iceland. The Government of Iceland has already implemented various incentives to stimulate the adoption of zero-emission vehicles and the country is in second place when it comes to deployment of zero-emission vehicles, second to Norway globally.
Even with such great results, specifically in the smaller vehicles segment with battery electric vehicles, it is unlikely that the country can meet its goals for a 29% reduction of GHG emissions set out in the Paris Agreement.
The gap is even larger when looking at the national goal of 40% reduction by 2030. This could though change as the Government announced on June 23rd 2020 a 300M€ climate package to be executed during the next 4 years, to reach these goals (a 7-fold increase from a previous climate action funding).
Toyota Mirai at May 2019 opening of multifuel station in
Reykjavik Iceland
Hydrogen in various forms, including e-fuels such as methanol, ammonia, methane, synthetic diesel, etc., could play a vital role in closing this gap. There are numerous opportunities to stimulate the use of H2 in larger vehicles, trucks, buses/coaches and alike, and also in high utilization vehicles such as taxis.
FCEVs at June 2018 opening of Reykjavik HRS
