Hydrogen Trade

This datastream provides information on hydrogen trade between European countries (EU27, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom) in tonnes/year. 

Data is from Eurostat and reflects flows in 2022 and 2023.

Even though the European hydrogen market is currently predominantly captive, meaning that hydrogen production capacity is dedicated to on-site captive consumption, there are already thousands of tonnes of hydrogen traded and distributed around Europe via local dedicated hydrogen pipelines or trucks. With the emergence of the clean hydrogen market in Europe and the EU's ambition to import 10 million tons of renewable hydrogen from outside the EU, hydrogen flows (exports and imports) to and between European countries are expected to gradually increase by 2030.

Note: Hydrogen-based commodities flows (e.g., ammonia, methanol) are not currently captured in the scope of the data. As the international hydrogen market is expected to take off, Hydrogen Europe foresees a review of the scope of the analysis to ultimately extend it to other commodities relevant to the hydrogen market.