Clean Hydrogen for Road Transport in Developing Countries

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Clean Hydrogen for Road Transport in Developing Countries

dc.contributor.author	Qiao, Wenxin
dc.contributor.author	Rej, Binyam
dc.contributor.author	Shah, Rohan
dc.date.accessioned	2025-04-01T18:33:34Z
dc.date.available	2025-04-01T18:33:34Z
dc.date.issued	2025-04-01
dc.description.abstract	Clean hydrogen is emerging as a key component of the global transition to clean energy, offering a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. It can help boost energy security, improve air quality, and support decarbonization, particularly in industries where emissions are hard to abate, such as steel, cement, and chemicals. Clean hydrogen is produced via renewable-energy-based electrolysis (green hydrogen) or natural gas reforming with carbon capture (blue hydrogen), which significantly reduces carbon emissions. For developing countries with abundant renewable resources, green hydrogen presents an opportunity for economic growth, job creation, and energy security by reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels. Similarly, countries with natural gas reserves can benefit from blue hydrogen. However, scaling up the clean hydrogen economy requires stable demand and significant investment to reduce production and distribution costs. Global hydrogen demand, which reached 97 million tonnes (Mt) in 2023, is concentrated in the refining and chemical sectors. Clean hydrogen played only a marginal role, with less than 1 Mt production in 2023, although production is projected to grow strongly, reaching 49 Mt a year by 2030. This growth in demand can lead to potential cost reductions, which can have a spillover effect and help to simulate demand for hydrogen in the transport sector. This report assesses the economic viability of FCEVs in five selected countries (Brazil, Chile, India, South Africa, and the Republic of Korea) through comprehensive modeling exercises. It provides a comparative analysis of BEVs, FCEVs, and internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs) across four key vehicle segments: passenger cars, light commercial vehicles (LCVs), buses, and heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs).	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099032625173515214
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/43010
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/43010
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Washington, DC: World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subject	AFFORDABLE AND CLEAN ENERGY
dc.subject	CLEAN HYDROGEN
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	SUSTAINABLE ALTERNATIVE TO FOSSIL FUELS
dc.title	Clean Hydrogen for Road Transport in Developing Countries	en
dc.type	Report
dspace.entity.type	Publication
okr.date.disclosure	2025-04-01
okr.date.lastmodified	2025-03-30T05:02:56Z	en
okr.doctype	Report
okr.doctype	Publications & Research
okr.docurl	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099032625173515214
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okr.identifier.docmid	P180698-e64c6cfb-ca5d-4256-a4fc-2cb4ae24c2fe
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum	40003261
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum	40003261
okr.identifier.report	200080
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okr.pdfurl	https://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099032625173515214/pdf/P180698-e64c6cfb-ca5d-4256-a4fc-2cb4ae24c2fe.pdf	en
okr.region.geographical	World
okr.sector	FY17 - Urban Transport
okr.sector	Transportation
okr.theme	FY17 - Adaptation,FY17 - Climate change,FY17 - Mitigation,FY17 - Urban Development,FY17 - Public Transport
okr.theme	FY17 - Urban and Rural Development,FY17 - Environment and Natural Resource Management
okr.topic	Energy::Energy Resources Development
okr.topic	Energy::Hydro Power
okr.topic	Energy::Renewable Energy
okr.topic	Macroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.unit	Infra - Global Knowledge (ITRGK)