UNIDO’s Hydrogen Strategy and Green Ammonia Project@3rd International Conference on Fuel Ammonia (ICFA)(29th Sep. 2023)
Yuko Yasunaga, Deputy to the Director General and MD/COR, UNIDO

Agenda0.

How does UNIDO work? – What is ISID (Inclusive and Sustainable IndustrialDevelopment)?

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UNIDO’s “Global Programme for Hydrogen in Industry”

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UNIDO’s key activities for Hydrogen in “Global Partnership for Hydrogen in Industry”(Financing and investment, Global fora, Innovation, Policy and regulation,
Skills and knowledge, Standards, etc.)

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UNIDO’s “Technical Cooperation Programme” for Hydrogen(GEF, GCF, Triangular cooperation)

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UNIDO’s Green Ammonia Project0. How does UNIDO work? (from 2022 Annual Report)- What is ISID (Inclusive and Sustainable Industrial Development)?

(upper left) Solar power plant in Tunisia(upper middle) Leather production factoryin Ethiopia(upper right) Food production skill
development in Syria(lower left) R&D promotion in Cambodia(lower middle) DG at COP27 in Egypt

1. UNIDO’s “Programme for Hydrogen in Industry”● UNIDO launched the “Global Programme for Hydrogen in Industry” in 2021.
- Accelerated uptake of Green Hydrogen- Application in hard-to-abate industries (developing countries/transition economics)● 2 pillars of the Programme:

1) Global Partnership for Hydrogen in Industry
2) Technical Cooperation ProgrammeHydrogen: Opportunities for developing countries
Hydrogen: Opportunities for developing countries

Renewable hydrogen or green hydrogen (produced fromrenewable energy) creates unique opportunities for a net
zero industrial development in the Global South.
It is key to decarbonisation of the hard to abate sectors
including steel production, cement, chemical industries
and heavy transport, altogether responsible for approx.
20% of global CO2 emissions.

Opportunities:

Jobs creation

Skills upgrading

Investment mobilisation wealth generation

Energy security

Resilience

Divirsified economy32. UNIDO’s key activities for Hydrogen in Global Partnership (1)● Financing and investment- To scale and facilitate access to finance, UNIDO aims to create innovative financeassistance mechanism with UK (Hydrogen Breakthrough Agenda), WB and IRENA.
● Global fora

- UNIDO is acting as coordinator of the International Hydrogen Trade Forum (IHTF),
to stimulate international Hydrogen trade, reduce barriers and foster productivemarket conditions. (Co-led by Govt. of the Netherlands and UAE)
- Membership includes: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabia,
South Korea, the Netherlands, UAE, UK, US Uruguay and European Commission.

2. UNIDO’s key activities for Hydrogen in Global Partnership (2)● Innovation- UNIDO aims at accelerating clean Hydrogen-related innovations in developing
countries from demonstration to commercial level, in cooperation with UK throughthe Clean Energy Innovation Facility. (Currently in the inception phase)● Policy and regulation- UNIDO is developing a policy toolkit for green Hydrogen to create a domestic market
in developing countries and transition economies, with IRENA and German
Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).

[UNIDO’s Policy Toolkit for Green Hydrogen]● UNIDO will develop a policy toolkit for green hydrogen for its launching at the COP 28.
1) Potential and global perspectives of green hydrogen;2) Green hydrogen economy in the Global South;
3) Policies on local market creation (downstream), transport, storage and distribution(midstream), and green hydrogen production and backward linkages (upstream);4) Options for international cooperation to support national policy making; and5) Policy sheets and roadmaps

2. UNIDO’s key activities for Hydrogen in Global Partnership (3)● Skills and knowledge- UNIDO is cooperating with Hydrogen Europe and the Machinery and Equipment
Manufacturers Association (VDMA) to develop a skills map for Hydrogen.
- UNIDO launched the Technical Guidelines on Green Hydrogen Industrial Clusters
in cooperation with the German Energy Agency (DENA), etc.
● Standards- UNIDO is collaborating with ISO Tech Committee 197 (“Hydrogen Technologies”)
to increase insight in public/private sectors of developing countries/transition
economies.

[UNIDO’s Skills Map for Green Hydrogen]● UNIDO will conduct the skills development in hydrogen within three segments:
1) Mapping: Critical and in-demand professions and skills along the hydrogen value
chain will be identified.
2) National skills gap assessments: In-country assessments will be conducted to identify
skills gap and promote an up-skilling and re-skilling workforce for green hydrogen indeveloping countries.
3) Capacity building: Key gaps in skills for hydrogen will be addressed and relevant
trainings at the national, regional and global level will be developed.

3. UNIDO’s technical cooperation programme● GEF(Global Environmental Facility)- UNIDO has developed a Global Clean Hydrogen Programme as the lead agency, toenhance national institutional capacities, creating enabling policy frameworks,improve technological readiness and financial mechanisms.
● GCF(Green Climate Fund)- UNIDO is conducting a project in South Africa under the GCF Readiness Programmeon Green Hydrogen for South Africa, to coordinate activities of the Hydrogen
Society Roadmap. Project in Morocco is under final review.
● Triangular cooperation with Spain - Costa Rica - Panama (Central American region)

[GEF-8 Global Clean Hydrogen Programme]● The Global Clean Hydrogen Programme addresses various components on policy,
technical readiness, establishing green hydrogen industrial clusters, creatingbankable projects and knowledge management.
1) Policy component; to develop policies, incentives, regulations and standards
2) Technical readiness component;
to examine production potential and conversion processes for application
3) Green hydrogen industrial clusters;
to identify a selection of clusters/companies with potential for the transition
4) Creating bankable project preparation;
to identify the economic feasibility and innovative financing options
5) Global knowledge products and tools; by organizing workshops and events

4. UNIDO’s green ammonia project● With UNIDO’s support, International Hydrogen Energy Center (IHEC) is cooperatingwith global enterprises to carry out the world’s largest demonstration of hydrogenproduction by using renewable energy and of hydrogen application in metallurgicalindustry in Baotou (包頭), Inner Mongolia, China.
- 5 GW scale GH production by water electrolysis using renewable energy- GH to be used to build a green metallurgical project to produce
1.2 mil tons of green ammonia and 1.1 mil tons of reduced iron (ammonia to beused as reduction agent).
- 15th April, 2023, the construction of the first 1.5 GW scale demonstration project
started, and is expected to be completed in 2025. The first batch of 390,000 tons ofgreen ammonia will be supplied in early 2025.

[Green ammonia to play a key role as a fuel for decarbonization]● Carbon-free fuel – no CO2 emission● Easy to handle in liquid form
● Combustible in industrial furnaces mixed with other fuels● Technologies and skills for handling (production, transportation, storage and usage)
are readily available by industries, and existing industrial infrastructures can be usedwith small modifications (with small additional investments).
● Can be used as Hydrogen carrier.
● Can also be used as a raw material for chemical industries such as fertilizers, etc.
Developing fertilizer industry will also help developing countries’ food security andnutrition.
- Solar/wind-rich developing countries expect to create new industries and to promote agricultural production.

[Conceptual drawing - UNIDO’s green ammonia project in Baotou ]Thank you(Please contact: y.yasunaga@unido.org)