This hydrogen policy handbook provides a global overview, spanning the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, detailing key regional production targets, regulatory frameworks, and policy instruments designed to accelerate hydrogen adoption. It also details financial mechanisms such as subsidies, funding packages, tax incentives, and public-private partnerships that are supporting infrastructure investment, innovation, and market development across diverse hydrogen pathways.
Key Highlights
- Most major economies have developed a national plan or strategy to accelerate hydrogen deployment and transition to low-carbon economies. A growing number of countries are also establishing financial incentives and targets.
- In December 2025, China’s National Energy Administration announced that it had approved 41 clean-hydrogen pilot projects to receive stage support in the form of preferential loans and subsidies.
- In December 2025, the EU Commission launched the third Innovation Fund auction for hydrogen production under the European Hydrogen Bank. With a budget of €1.3 billion, the auction will support the production of RFNBO hydrogen or electrolytic low-carbon hydrogen.
Report Scope
- Hydrogen production targets, policies, strategies, and funding initiatives related to hydrogen in Asia, Oceania, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, and Latin America
Reasons to Buy
This handbook provides:
- Comprehensive global insights by consolidating policy developments, targets, regulations, and incentive mechanisms from all major regions, enabling benchmarking of local or national policy.
- Intelligence for strategic planning - detailed production goals and regulatory expectations can provide accuracy to guide investment decisions, infrastructure development, and technology deployment.
- The handbook outlines subsidy schemes, funding packages, tax breaks, and public-private partnership models that identify cost-saving and revenue enhancement opportunities for key stakeholders.
Table of Contents
- Overview
- Hydrogen Policy Map
- Recent Key Developments
- APAC Regional Policy and Incentives
- APAC targets and incentives summary
- Asia hydrogen policies and incentives
- Oceania hydrogen policies and incentives
- EMEA Regional Policy and Incentives
- EMEA targets and incentives summary
- Europe multinational hydrogen policies
- Europe national policies
- Middle East hydrogen policies
- Africa hydrogen policies
- Americas Regional Policy and Incentives
- Americas targets and incentives summary
- Canada hydrogen policy and strategy
- US hydrogen policy and strategy
- Latin America hydrogen policies
- Recent policy developments
- APAC targets and incentives summary
- Asia's hydrogen policies
- Asian funding initiatives and financial support
- Asian funding initiatives and financial support (continued)
- Oceania's hydrogen policies and funding incentives
- EMEA targets and incentives summary
- Key EU multinational hydrogen policies
- European national hydrogen policies and funding (non-exhaustive)
- Middle East's hydrogen polcies and funding
- Africa's hydrogen policies
- Hydrogen funding in the MEA region
- Americas targets and incentives summary
- US hydrogen policies and funding initiatives
- Canada and Mexico hydrogen policies and funding initiatives
- Latin America hydrogen policies
- Latin America funding initiatives and financial support
- National hydrogen strategies, plans, and roadmaps
Companies Mentioned (Partial List)
A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:
- GIZ
- VGU
- Sinopec
- World Bank
- Toyota
- TotalEnergies
- Bank of Fukuoka Tokyo Century
- Toyota Tsusho
- Eurus Energy
- Iwatani
- Aichi Steel
- Resonac
- Nippon Shokubai
- HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering
- Hanwha Ocean
- Samsung Heavy Industries
- NEOM
- AMH2
