LatAmOil: Trinidad and Tobago eyes green hydrogen production

Trinidad and Tobago is looking into the possibility of diversifying into hydrogen production, Prime Minister Keith Rowley said last week.

In an opening address for a conference hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Energy Chamber, Rowley pointed out hydrogen fuel could play an important role in reducing carbon emissions. To this end, he said, various government agencies are examining proposals for promoting green hydrogen production.

“Hydrogen, along with carbon capture and storage [CCS], will be catalysts for deep decarbonisation and hard-to-abate sectors [such] as heavy industry,” he commented. “The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries has established a multidisciplinary committee to develop a hydrogen economy framework for TT. [The] committee should be presenting the preliminary report in the near future.”

As a first step, he said, Port of Spain has secured funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to cover the costs of a feasibility study on green hydrogen production capacity in Trinidad and Tobago, he explained.