Policy-planning initiatives and hydrogen application facilitation projects in Latvia
2024
Lejnieks, Ilgmars | Pelse, Modrite
The European Union Green Deal agenda calls for cleaner and more environmentally friendly energy sources for future development. One of the most promising renewable fuels that has the potential to replace fossil energy sources in the next few decades is hydrogen. The aim of the research is to determine the main directions of Latvian policy for hydrogen utilisation in the economy and discover the nature of hydrogen projects. Research provides a review of the Latvian policy initiatives regarding hydrogen, analyses hydrogen projects, and determines common pathways between projects and policy planning documents. Many projects within the research framework can be described as multidimensional and are pilot projects examining possible scenarios for developing some elements of the overall hydrogen industry. More than two of the largest initiatives concerning green hydrogen production and hydrogen application in civil aviation are in the research phase. While renewable resources are often included in major Latvian policy planning documents, hydrogen is often neglected in the policy-building process. However, current and future hydrogen projects are associated with two main sectoral policy planning documents: Transport Development Guidelines 2021–2027 and Latvia’s National Energy and Climate Plan 2021–2030. According to existing policy and projects, transport, along with storage and refiling infrastructure, will be the first beneficiaries of hydrogen. Finally, the Latvian government must adopt an overall policy roadmap on the hydrogen agenda.
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