Norway and Singapore hydrogen associations agree to strengthen collaboration.
The Norwegian Hydrogen Forum (NHF) and the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association of Singapore (HFCAS) have agreed to strengthen collaboration and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during a Singaporean delegation visit to Norway.
The MoU shall be a tool for exchange on policies and regulatory frameworks necessary to support the interest and use of hydrogen. It shall further stimulate bilateral collaboration in industry and research, as well as encourage and support a closer hydrogen partnership between the two countries.
Norway and Singapore have established ambitious climate and energy policies to uphold their commitments in the Paris Agreement and seek to become a low-emission society and achieve net zero emissions by 2050, respectively. Hydrogen will play a crucial role in this energy transition, both as an energy carrier, fuel for zero-emission transport and as replacement of fossil sources for industrial purposes.
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Singapore has the world’s busiest container transshipment port and is a leading hub for aviation. The island country is central in the development of a global infrastructure for hydrogen and hydrogen-derived fuels such as ammonia. Norway has almost 100 years of experience with industrial hydrogen production and a complete maritime value chain with a global footprint. Both countries have invested heavily in hydrogen research, technology and innovation.
Ingebjørg Telnes Wilhelmsen, Secretary General of the Norwegian Hydrogen Forum, said:
The Singaporean hydrogen strategy aims not only to establish a domestic hydrogen value-chain, but also to drive global development by encouraging innovation, technology partnerships, standardisation, and certification methodologies.
“As an important enabler for this strategy, HFCAS is a perfect partner for NHF. This agreement will give our two associations a framework for exchange on important topics such as policy initiatives and market drivers and barriers, but we also hope that it will foster concrete collaboration between stakeholders from politics, industry and research and drive the hydrogen momentum further ,”
Noel Chin, President of the Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Association of Singapore, said:
With our National Hydrogen Strategy charting the path for Singapore in supporting its decarbonisation plans, this MoU with Norwegian Hydrogen Forum would open the doorways for both countries to promote greater collaboration and partnerships.
“Norway, having started their hydrogen journey earlier, has all the knowledge and experience that Singapore companies would be able to tap on ranging from technology development, safety standards and competence development. Furthermore, Singapore has emphasized the need for research and development into the hydrogen space and this MoU would encourage greater collaboration between the research institutions to develop solutions,”
The MoU was facilitated by Innovation Norway, the Norwegian Government’s agency for innovation and development of Norwegian enterprises and industry at home and abroad.
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