UAE could be one of biggest suppliers of hydrogen to Europe

UAE could be one of biggest suppliers of hydrogen to Europe

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The UAE could be one of the biggest suppliers of hydrogen to the European market as countries look for renewable energy sources to reduce carbon emissions and combat global warming, a minister from the Netherlands has said.

Speaking to Khaleej Times at Expo 2020, Mark Harbers, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Netherlands said, “The Port of Rotterdam is looking for a project where hydrogen or ammonia could be easily shipped into Rotterdam to be distributed to other countries. And the UAE would be one of the biggest suppliers in future, I guess.”

“You have more sunshine than we have. So that might be a fantastic business opportunity for companies based here to sell their hydrogen in future to the Netherlands,” he said.

If the production is scaled up with the help of solar energy, or wind energy, the minister said that is the “real green hydrogen we are looking at.”

Both countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Monday to work together to set up export-import corridors for clean hydrogen between the UAE and the Netherlands as a gateway to Europe. Suhail Mohammed Al Mazrouei, UAE Minister for Energy and Infrastructure and the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Liesje Schreinemacher