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The Government’s action plan to unlock private investment in hydrogen
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Hydrogen
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Hydrogen Action Plan
- Ministerial foreword
- Introduction
- The Government’s action plan to unlock private investment in hydrogen
- Priority: Create an enabling regulatory environment
- Priority: Reduce barriers for consenting hydrogen projects
- Priority: Promote a cost-effective and market-led transition to a low-emissions economy
- Priority: Support access to international investment and markets
- Interim hydrogen roadmap: Public consultation submissions summary
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Hydrogen Action Plan
The Government’s action plan to unlock private investment in hydrogen
The Government’s focus is on unlocking market-led private investment in hydrogen.
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Role for Government
- Create an enabling regulatory environment
- Use country-to-country relationships to attract foreign investment and promote market access
The Government has four key priorities to enable market-led hydrogen investment:
Figure 3: 4 key priorities to enable market-led hydrogen investment
Text description of infographic - 4 key priorities to enable market-led hydrogen investment
Priority: Create an enabling regulatory environment
Key actions:
- Set enabling health and safety regulations and standards
- Review regulatory barriers to uptake of low-emissions heavy vehicles
- Enable blue hydrogen by reducing regulatory barriers to carbon capture and storage
- Enable exploration for natural hydrogen and the development of orange hydrogen
Priority: Reduce barriers for consenting hydrogen projects
Key Actions:
- Reduce consenting barriers through the Electrify NZ and RMA reform work programmes
- Continue to monitor how existing regulations manage hydrogen’s wider impacts
Priority: Promote a cost-effective and market-led transition to a low-emissions economy
Key actions
- Strengthen the Emissions Trading Scheme
- Continue to support early stage trialling and demonstration
- Engage with the private sector on its pathway forward
Priority: Support access to international investment and markets
Key actions
- Support access to internationally aligned certification schemes
- Use country-to-country relationships to attract foreign investment and promote market access