Algeria is the latest country to join the hydrogen race as it has come up with a national hydrogen roadmap that will see the North African state produce blue and green hydrogen for export over the Mediterranean Sea towards Europe, but it will have to battle Morocco when it comes to close proximity trading and the short shipping costs, or lack thereof.

We are long past the question of why hydrogen and are already discussing about how fast. This was the undertone of the latest Reuters Hydrogen Conference in Amsterdam from where Rethink is reporting. The hydrogen industry is on the verge of an exponential ramp up and Europe is trying to secure a leading position.