Law and Policy Review on Green Hydrogen Potential in ECOWAS Countries

Autor: Abdoulaye Ballo, Koffi Kouakou Valentin, Bruno Korgo, Kehinde Olufunso Ogunjobi, Solomon Nwabueze Agbo, Daouda Kone, Moumini Savadogo
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Energies, Vol 15, Iss 7, p 2304 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 15072304
1996-1073
DOI: 10.3390/en15072304
Popis: This paper aims to review existing energy-sector and hydrogen-energy-related legal, policy, and strategy documents in the ECOWAS region. To achieve this aim, current renewable-energy-related laws, acts of parliament, executive orders, presidential decrees, administrative orders, and memoranda were analyzed. The study shows that ECOWAS countries have strived to design consistent legal instruments regarding renewable energy in developing comprehensive legislation and bylaws to consolidate it and to encourage investments in renewable energy. Despite all these countries having a legislative basis for regulating renewable energy, there are still weaknesses that revolve around the law and policy regarding its possible application in green hydrogen production and use. The central conclusion of this review paper is that ECOWAS member states presently have no official hydrogen policies nor bylaws in place. The hydrogen rise presents a challenge and opportunity for members to play an important role in the fast-growing global hydrogen market. Therefore, these countries need to reform their regulatory frameworks and align their policies by introducing green hydrogen production in order to accomplish their green economy transition for the future and to boost the continent’s sustainable development.
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