How green hydrogen could completely reshape the global energy map

Michael Holder
clock • 10 min read
Could green hydrogen upend the geopolitical hegemony of oil and gas? | Credit: iStock
Image:

Could green hydrogen upend the geopolitical hegemony of oil and gas? | Credit: iStock

Driven by net zero, hydrogen could make up 12 per cent of global energy use by 2050, according to IRENA

The geopolitical ramifications of the green energy transition have long been contemplated by foreign policy wonks. But as clean energy technologies have continued their inexorable march worldwide and public...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

Michael Holder
Author spotlight

Michael Holder

Environmental journalist and editor

View profile
More from Michael Holder

COP17: Hopes grow for hard-fought compromise as UN biodiversity talks spill into overtime

COP31: Global initiative launched to accelerate push for electrified and efficient buildings

More on Energy

Sea Link: Government approves 2GW undersea power connection between Suffolk and Kent
Energy

Sea Link: Government approves 2GW undersea power connection between Suffolk and Kent

National Grid project capable of powering the equivalent of two million homes via a 138km high voltage electricity link given the green light by DESNZ

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 30 October 2026 • 2 min read
'Obscene': Shell, BP and Equinor post 'bumper' third quarter profits
Energy

'Obscene': Shell, BP and Equinor post 'bumper' third quarter profits

Middle East crisis helps fossil fuel giants more than double year-on-year profits, which campaigners decry as a 'kick in the teeth' for UK billpayers

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 30 October 2026 • 6 min read
'Startling act of climate hypocrisy': Scottish ministers approve new carbon capture gas power station at Peterhead
Energy

'Startling act of climate hypocrisy': Scottish ministers approve new carbon capture gas power station at Peterhead

Climate campaigners brand new fossil fuelled plant a 'catastrophic failure' from Scottish Government, but developers maintain pioneering project offers major boost to UK's clean energy system

Stuart Stone
Stuart Stone
clock 28 October 2026 • 5 min read