Carlos Gascó Travesedo, Energy Policy Advisor, Abu Dhabi Department of Energy gave a detailed presentation on the hydrogen policy and regulatory framework in Abu Dhabi at Global Transmission Research’s Virtual Conference on Green Hydrogen Middle East held on August 24-25, 2021.

The key points discussed in his presentation include:

  • Abu Dhabi is well positioned to capture the hydrogen opportunity and become a leading player in a growing global market.
  • Abu Dhabi has to leverage it resources supporting a holistic approach to all the decarbonisation technologies (blue/green/pink hydrogen).
  • Abu Dhabi needs to move forward in a coordinated approach between the academia the industry and the Government, with the objective of designing a Hydrogen Strategic Implementation Roadmap.

He also gave an overview of Department of Energy’s holistic approach to hydrogen regulatory policy framework.