Malcolm Turnbull, chair of GH2, speaking at Cop26
China’s Daxing and GH2 cooperate on green hydrogen
Chinese demonstration hub and international companies form alliance to drive deployment of green hydrogen globally
China’s largest hydrogen demonstration complex at Daxing and Swiss-based industry alliance the Green Hydrogen Organisation (GH2) have agreed to work together to accelerate global production and use of the clean fuel. Central to the cooperation, set out in a memorandum of understanding, will be the creation of a global accreditation standard for green hydrogen. A widely accepted standard based on rigorous sustainability criteria is seen as crucial to the industry’s development as it would provide certainty to investors and consumers, according to the GH2, whose members include Australia’s Fortescue Metals Group and Germany’s Thyssenkrupp. “Chinese and international companies’ collaboration is
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