Hydrogen in Iceland – Current Situation
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Press release of the vision for hydrogen in Iceland until 203
Hydrogen could play a vital role in decarbonizing Iceland
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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.
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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
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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.
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