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Certification for facilitating international trade
of green hydrogen
Session 3: Stakeholders role
Laurent ANTONI, Executive Director Elect
International Partnership for Hydrogen and Fuel Cells in the Economy
31 January 2023

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IPHE: Global Government-to-Government Partnership to
Accelerate Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Deployments
Vice-Chairs
Past Chairs
Chair
Formed in 2003
Priorities:
1. Share Information on Latest Developments
2. Inform Future Government Policy
3. Foster Collaboration
The IPHE addresses these Priorities by,
• Coordinating and Sharing Information – at Bi-Annual Steering Committee
Meetings, through Webinars and Social Media
• Regular Country Updates – Country Profiles at www.iphe.net
• Working Groups:
1. Regulations, Codes, Standards & Safety (RCSS)
2. Education & Outreach (E&O)
• Task Forces:
1. H2 Production Analysis – Working Paper Ver2 Published
2. H2 Trade Rules – Paper Published, Potential new work
3. H2 Certification Mechanisms
4. Skills
And coordinate with other International initiatives including IRENA, IEA,
CEM/MI, WEF, H2 Council, and the Breakthrough Agenda
21 Countries &
European Commission
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IPHE WG: Regulation, Codes, Standards & Safety
Approach:
• Identify areas for action, provide guidance and forum for progress
towards common RCS&S protocols.
Role:
• Catalyst for Cooperation & Forum to discuss challenging regulatory issues
Near-term Output
Published Compendium of Regulatory Areas for Action in Hydrogen
Infrastructure and Mobility/Transportation Technologies Working Paper
includes “Heat Map” of areas for Action
Current Work Plan: Task Forces (TFs):
1. Maritime Regulations, Codes and Standards (RCS) Gaps and Risk Analysis
(Co-Leads Canada, South Africa) – Focus areas include maritime vessels
operated by H2, marine transport of H2, and onshore/offshore bunkering.
2. Bulk Storage Risk, Gaps and Deployment Barriers
(Lead United States) – Perform an RCS gaps assessment and identify critical
areas for R&D and for RCS changes to enable H2 bulk storage.

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IPHE Hydrogen Production Analysis Task Force (H2PA TF)
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Issue: Facilitate a Global Market in Hydrogen
• Trade of Hydrogen needs common internationally agreed Standards to quantify the Environmental Impacts
for: Production Methods; Conditioning & Carriers; and, Transportation
Scope of the H2PA TF (IPHE is not a Standards Body)
• Develop a mutually agreed methodology framework for determining the GHG emissions associated with a
unit of H2 production (Co-Leads: European Commission, France, United States).
• Methodology framework to be a ‘seed document’ to a Standards Development process.
• ISO TC197 new Work Item

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IPHE H2PA TF Working Paper
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‘Quantification Methodology’ Working Paper Version 2
• Published Methodology for Determining the GHG Emissions Associated with the
Production of Hydrogen Working Paper Version 2 November 2022
• Hydrogen Production Pathways:
• Electrolysis (Lead: Australia)
• Steam Methane Reforming with CCS (Lead: France)
• Industrial By-Product (Lead: The Netherlands)
• Coal Gasification with CCS (Lead: Australia)
• Biomass (Co-Leads: Brazil, France);
• Auto-Thermal Reforming with CCS (Co-Leads United Kingdom, Canada).
• Conditioning and Carriers of H2 (Co-Leads: United States, Australia)
• Liquefaction
• Ammonia
• Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers
Due Spring/Summer 2023
• Transportation of H2 (Co-Leads: France, Australia)
• Marine; Pipeline; Mobility – Train, Truck
 transferred to ISO TC197/SC1 WG1

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IPHE Hydrogen Certification Mechanisms Task Force
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Scope
to provide a deeper understanding of certification mechanisms [schemes], as well as a
sound basis to support reaching consensus on implementing interoperable certification
mechanisms across regions/countries for clean hydrogen
1. Review the existing clean hydrogen certification initiatives across the world and
the criterions they are using, such as GHG footprint, sustainability and just
transition;
2. Proposal for a minimum information embedded in a clean hydrogen certificate
across the entire chain value.
Approach

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Breakthrough Agenda: International H2 Initiatives

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Breakthrough Agenda: H2 Priority Actions
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Priority International Action COP28 Goal Coordinating Initiative(s)
H.1: Accelerate the development of
standards
for clean hydrogen
A programme should be fully
resourced & underway by
COP28 with progress reported
annually at subsequent COP
summits.
• IPHE
• IEA’s Hydrogen TCP
• IRENA’s Collaborative Framework
on Green Hydrogen
H.2: Coordinate internationally to drive demand
for clean hydrogen
Aggregated commitments to be announced
by COP28 and updated at subsequent COP
summits.
• First Movers Coalition
• Clean Energy Ministerial H2 Initiative
• Mission Innovation Clean H2 Mission
H.3: Expand the number and scope of innovative
clean hydrogen projects
Progress report at COP28. • Mission Innovation Clean H2 Mission
H.4: Scale and facilitate access to finance,
particularly for developing countries
A broad coordinated portfolio of support
mechanisms to be communicated by COP28.
• Partnership of donor countries & active financing
institutions including World Bank & United
Nations Industrial Development Organization
(UNIDO)
H.5: Enhance the coordination and transparency
of international collaboration on clean hydrogen
• BtA project team in close partnership & support of
key Intern’l H2 Initiatives.
• At COP27, 21 countries committed to backing Hydrogen Actions.
• Coord Initiatives, with BtA team, working to develop & deliver plans on Priority Actions.

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Concluding Remarks: Crucial to Take Action Now
in a Coordinated Approach
Business-as-Usual is not sufficient given energy, climate and societal drivers
Crucial for gov’ts to facilitate efficient and effective international hydrogen
markets:
• Standards, Codes, Mechanisms for Mutual Recognition of GHG
Measurement approaches and certification;
• Mitigate financial risks and technical risks through innovative mechanisms;
• Analyze and understand full supply chain and, as appropriate, address
challenges using mechanisms reflecting national, regional and international
circumstances.
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Thank you
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Laurent ANTONI, Executive Director Elect
IPHE Secretariat
Laurent.antoni@iphe.net
www.iphe.net