Welcome to the Alliance!
The Green Hydrogen Business Alliance aims at contributing to a socio-ecological transformation in cooperation with the private sector.
It was established in 2019 on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
What we do
The Green Hydrogen Business Alliance supports the market ramp-up of green hydrogen while contributing to a sustainable development of partner countries. It identifies the challenges of the market and develops solutions together with the private sector.
The activities of the Business Alliance focus on countries with considerable potential for the production of green hydrogen. Key criteria in this context include the potential for expanding renewables, the willingness of policymakers to develop a green hydrogen sector and already existing industrial infrastructure in cooperation with private companies.
Our Fields of Action
Market Collaboration
The Green Hydrogen Business Alliance champions global collaboration to drive the sustainable ramp-up of the green hydrogen and PtX market. We connect key stakeholders worldwide, sharing knowledge and promoting strong partnerships for scalable projects.
We enhance the visibility of partners’ projects, innovations, and success stories supporting local value chains that also benefit partner countries in the Global South.
Join us in creating a sustainable energy future through a holistic collaboration approach, including partners from the private and the public sector.
Market Intelligence
The Green Hydrogen Business Alliance empowers its partners to make informed decisions for the implementation of green PtX projects on an industrial scale. We localise green PtX industries and support business endeavours of network partners in developing and emerging countries.
We identify market barriers and provide insights on the feasibility of these projects by offering independent market information, such as market trends and business case analyses. We also provide policy briefs.
Our free weekly press monitoring keeps our partners informed of the latest news in the green hydrogen sector.
Market Responsive Solutions
The Green Hydrogen Business Alliance is dedicated to improving framework conditions for green hydrogen and PtX projects in partner countries. Together with our network, we address market challenges and develop solutions that benefit all, the private sector as well as our local public partners.
The Business Alliance thus developed the H2Global funding mechanism that is now used by governments globally to fasten the ramp-up of PtX-markets.
The H2 Business Alliance also supported the design of KfW’s PtX Development Fund that provides financial support to develop green hydrogen value chains in developing and emerging economies.
News from the Alliance
On Tuesday, 25 March, a two part report outlining a possible standards and certification roadmap for green hydrogen in Namibia was handed over to the Namibian Standards Institution (NSI).
The study was initiated by the Green Hydrogen Business Alliance in cooperation with the Namibian Ministry of Mines, Energy and Industry (MMEI) and the Ministry of Industrialisation and Trade (MIT) to strengthen Namibia’s quality infrastructure for green hydrogen.
By adopting global best practices described in the report, Namibia ensures safety and market reliability, paving the way for a sustainable, competitive green hydrogen market.
Leading industry players gathered on 17 March at the Green Hydrogen Business Alliance’s collaboration lab in Berlin to tackle one of the PtX most crucial market challenges: missing demand-side incentives. Key industry participants explored solutions to accelerate offtake agreements and investments together with the expertise of the GET.invest Finance Catalyst.
Participants discussed existing and upcoming demand support mechanisms as well as sector-specific hurdles to the establishment of long-term offtake agreements.
With offtakers needing assurance and incentives, this initiative is critical to unlocking green hydrogen’s full potential—both in Europe and partner countries.
What demand-side mechanisms do you think are essential to accelerate adoption? Let’s keep the conversation going via h2-business-alliance.de or LinkedIn!
At the invitation of State Secretary for Development Jochen Flasbarth, the signatories of the ‘Hamburg Declaration on the Decarbonisation of Global Shipping’ and the ‘Hamburg Declaration on Green Aviation’ were meeting on the fringes of the Berlin Energy Transition Week at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) in Berlin.
At the Hamburg Sustainability Conference in October 2024, pioneering companies along the entire value chain agreed to intensify their cooperation on the decarbonisation of aviation and shipping. Now, four new companies have joined the two alliances including Eternal Power, EDL Anlagenbau, ENERTRAG, and FRIENDSHIP SYSTEMS. Together, the partners of the Hamburg Declarations on Shipping and Aviation are putting the alliances into practice and creating an effective working structure with a permanent secretariat and specific implementation groups.
Find out more on the initiative on BMZ’s website.
The international standards landscape for green hydrogen is comprehensive, and these standards play a crucial role in ensuring safety, reliability, efficiency, and sustainability in hydrogen technologies while promoting global trade and investment. This scoping study was commissioned to assess the current status, gaps, and opportunities related to technical standards and sustainability certification for green hydrogen in Namibia. It aims to evaluate Namibia’s existing frameworks against international benchmarks and provide strategic recommendations to strengthen the country’s quality infrastructure for green hydrogen.
Part I of the study focuses mainly on assessing the international landscape of technical standards and sustainability certification, comparing Namibia’s current standards with global best practices, identifying key gaps and opportunities, and offering recommendations to enhance Namibia’s capabilities in standardisation. Particular emphasis is placed on technical standards for green hydrogen, sustainability certification, and the role of the National Standards Institute (NSI) in supporting the development of a robust hydrogen economy.
Part II of the study builds on the insights, findings, and recommendations from the Scoping Study and outlines the necessary steps and strategic initiatives that NSI should drive in order to effectively contribute to Namibia’s hydrogen sector.