<article><p class="lead">Russia plans to achieve a 20-25pc share of global hydrogen trading by 2035, deputy energy minister Pavel Sorokin said today. </p><p>The Russian government is yet to release a on how it aims to reach this target, Sorokin said today that there are different scenarios of global hydrogen market development for the years to come.</p><p>"Our goal is to obtain 20-25pc of global hydrogen trade… It is still difficult to assess this goal in numbers — it can be 1mn-2mn t under a low scenario, or up to 7mn t in 2035 if there is active, fast development", he said.</p><p>Under the government's energy strategy that was approved in June last year, Russia outlined plans to take advantage of the country's proximity to potential markets in Europe and Asia-Pacific, and envisaged 200,000t of hydrogen exports in 2024 and 2mn t in 2035. The more optimistic scenario, outlined by Sorokin today, sees Russia exporting 1mn t in 2024 and 7mn t in 2035. He said that by 2050, Russia could be exporting between 7.9mn-33.4mn t/yr, depending on the pace of development of global hydrogen market.</p><p>There is no clarity about how the hydrogen will be transported. State-controlled Gazprom and state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom are working on several pilot projects to produce and transport hydrogen, and oil companies including state-controlled Rosneft and privately-owned Lukoil have said that they plan to develop hydrogen production.</p><p>Options for transporting hydrogen include repurposed gas pipelines, liquefaction and using ammonia as a vector.</p><p class="bylines">By Anastasia Krasinskaya</p></article>
