Public-private roundtable: Sustainable infrastructure in Mongolia
Public-private roundtable: Sustainable infrastructure in Mongolia – developing green hydrogen production
Hydrogen produced from clean energy sources, and green hydrogen in particular, is currently being considered as one of the key enabling technologies for the energy transition. Depending on scenarios, the demand for hydrogen is projected to increase six- to eight-fold by 2050, under the condition that competitive clean hydrogen is developed. According to experts, green hydrogen will play a central role in the decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors, including heavy industry (e.g. steel, cement) and transport (shipping and aviation), in addition to its potential use as a green feedstock in chemicals and clean energy carrier. As a result, national hydrogen strategies and large-scale hydrogen projects have been flourishing, although these developments remain far below the needed level for getting on track to net-zero emissions by 2050 on the global scale.
Under the SIPA activity on Aligning national policy frameworks for energy, transport and industry, The OECD, together with UNDP’s Mongolia country office and the Mongolian Hydrogen Council, organised a Roundtable to discuss the opportunity to create an enabling domestic policy framework for developing the production of green hydrogen in Mongolia. In line with the objectives of SIPA, this can effectively contribute to attracting investment to clean energy industries and diversifying exports, decarbonising domestic heavy industries, and ultimately bringing the national economy on a path to net-zero.
The Roundtable brought together over 60 participants, including representatives of the government of Mongolia and relevant public authorities, representatives of the domestic energy industry, and international experts. Participants learnt about international experience in supporting and developing green hydrogen projects, exchanged on ongoing projects in Mongolia, and shared their views on challenges and opportunities, including on the following topics:
- How can green hydrogen contribute to shaping a low-carbon development vision for Mongolia?
- In particular, what role can it play to decarbonise domestic industries?
- What are the short-term and long-term actions that Mongolian policy-makers could undertake to support the development of green hydrogen, ensuring that it contributes to its sustainable development objectives?
As a follow-up to this Roundtable, the OECD, under SIPA, is accompanying Mongolia with the development of a strategic vision for the future development of green hydrogen as an enabler of its green, low-carbon transition.
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