Quad reps meet in India to talk hydrogen regulation, safety and opportunity
The workshop was attended by government and industry stakeholders from the Australia, India, Japan, and the United States and focused on the role of harmonised RCS to bolster the clean hydrogen sector
The Government of India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) organised a Quad Workshop on Regulations, Codes and Standards (RCS) for Clean Hydrogen last week which was attended by government and industry stakeholders the Quad countries.
Participants discussed the establishment of a framework for building consensus on standards, codes and regulations for the clean hydrogen value chain. Ensuring safety and compliance across the hydrogen value chain through the RCS partnership was also discussed.
Speaking at the event, Honourable Minister Shri RK Singh said, “Working together to establish harmonized RCS, Quad nations can leverage each other’s strengths to lead global production of green hydrogen and green ammonia.”
The workshop continues efforts under the Quad Clean Energy Pillar and the Quad Clean Hydrogen Strategic Initiative to strengthen ongoing initiatives and identify new opportunities in the clean hydrogen sector.
The Quad Clean Hydrogen Strategic Initiative seeks to strengthen infrastructure projects for clean hydrogen and find new business prospects in this area. The overarching goal of the Initiative is to propose ways to lower costs across all elements of the clean-hydrogen value chain, through collaborative research and development, harmonisation of standards; and securing supply networks for vital materials and components.
The Quad is officially the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. It is a group of four countries: Australia, the United States, India, and Japan, and this partnership of major Indo-Pacific democracies is growing in importance.
Following the 2022 Quad Leaders’ Toyko Summit, the leaders issued a joint statement that: “Recognising the urgent need to address climate change as emphasised in the latest IPCC reports, we will steadfastly implement the Paris Agreement and deliver on the outcomes of COP26, accelerating our efforts to raise global ambition, including reaching out to key stakeholders in the Indo-Pacific region and supporting, strengthening, and enhancing climate actions by partners in the region including through mobilising climate finance, both public and private, and facilitating the research, development, and deployment of innovative technology.”
