The U.S. induced global energy crisis has virtually reshaped global energy priorities over the past month, and is set to supercharge the clean energy industry on a global scale. One of the benefactors of this groundswell of new investment is likely to be the green hydrogen industry.
China, the world’s top hydrogen producer, is preparing to ramp up production of hydrogen, and especially green hydrogen, more quickly than previously planned in order to shore up its energy security as import-dependent Asian markets are rocked by skyrocketing oil and gas prices. China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has referred to hydrogen as a “strategic lever” for national energy autonomy and resilience, and has pledged to accelerate the development of the domestic sector accordingly.
China’s 15th five-year plan, released last month, had already flagged hydrogen as a “future industry.” According to the South China Morning Post, China is increasingly signalling a shift away from research and toward rapid practical development of the sector.
Last year, the NEA earmarked 41 projects in nine regions across the country to lead hydrogen pilot projects all along the value chain “from production and transport to storage and application.” Now, leadership is pushing to bring those projects out of demo phases and into industrial applications as quickly as possible.
European leaders, too, are pivoting to embrace green hydrogen production with renewed enthusiasm. Even the United States is getting on board. This week, the Washington regime instructed the Department of Energy to save $5 billion worth of hydrogen hubs that were slated for closure – although those hydrogen projects are not green hydrogen ventures.
While green hydrogen could be a key part of the global clean energy transition, U.S. research and development in particular has been cooling for years, and not just under Trump.
However, the economics of energy is changing rapidly and the global hydrogen market will likely see a rapid expansion as the world rushes to replace “geo-politically risky fossil fuels”, which have become prohibitively expensive overnight. As in other fields of renewable clean energy, the world will be playing technologicalcatch-up with China and its embrace of hydrogen as another component of its diversified drive to energy security and independence.
Edited from Oil Price US, Apr 23, 2026.
Source: News Break, Apr 23, 2026. https://www.newsbreak.com/…/4606838276781-the-global…
