Hungary

Country: Hungary

Document type: National Hydrogen Strategy (media reports)

Released: May 2021

Summary Points:

Media reports indicate that Hungary’s State Secretary for Circular Economy, Energy, and Climate Policy, announced on Wednesday 19 May 2021, that the government had approved the National Hydrogen Strategy.

Reports indicate that the Government aims for Hungarian industry to use almost 25,000 tons of hydrogen produced annually with green and other low-carbon technologies by 2030.

Note: Reports indicate that about 160,000 tons of hydrogen is produced in Hungary every year from natural gas, of which two-thirds is used for ammonia production and the remainder is used in petroleum refining and the chemical industry.

 

Uploaded: October 2021