Print Email Facebook Twitter The new oil? The geopolitics and international governance of hydrogen Title The new oil? The geopolitics and international governance of hydrogen Author Van de Graaf, Thijs (Universiteit Gent) Overland, Indra (Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)) Scholten, D.J. (TU Delft Economics of Technology and Innovation) Westphal, Kirsten (German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)) Date 2020 Abstract While most hydrogen research focuses on the technical and cost hurdles to a full-scale hydrogen economy, little consideration has been given to the geopolitical drivers and consequences of hydrogen developments. The technologies and infrastructures underpinning a hydrogen economy can take markedly different forms, and the choice over which pathway to take is the object of competition between different stakeholders and countries. Over time, cross-border maritime trade in hydrogen has the potential to fundamentally redraw the geography of global energy trade, create a new class of energy exporters, and reshape geopolitical relations and alliances between countries. International governance and investments to scale up hydrogen value chains could reduce the risk of market fragmentation, carbon lock-in, and intensified geo-economic rivalry. Subject Energy tradeGeopoliticsGlobal marketHydrogenInternational governance To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8c0934bc-2eba-425d-8132-251682a62700 DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101667 Embargo date 2022-06-30 ISSN 2214-6296 Source Energy Research and Social Science, 70 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2020 Thijs Van de Graaf, Indra Overland, D.J. Scholten, Kirsten Westphal Files PDF Geopolitics_of_hydrogen_final.pdf 1.4 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8c0934bc-2eba-425d-8132-251682a62700/datastream/OBJ/view