Policy must be more effective on green hydrogen: Wood Mackenzie

  • Gas
  • November 13, 2025

The development of the still-nascent opportunity in green hydrogen needs a boost in the year ahead to begin to realise its potential more speedily.

That assessment was made by Murray Douglas, an analyst for Wood Mackenzie, in his presentation that launched the group’s Hydrogen Conference 2025 in London.

The Vice-President for Hydrogen and Derivatives Research said policy headwinds were still holding hydrogen back, meaning that opportunities in legacy sectors with established hydrogen needs offered the clearest investment case today.

It reflected how emerging applications have not become compelling enough to gain traction.

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