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1、1. INTRODUCTIONManycountriesinAsiahavedemonstratedaninterestinre1yingonhydrogentoachievenet-zerogoa1s.ThisinterestiswarrantedsinceAsia,sconcentrationofheavyindustriesandfast-risingtransportemissionsrequirea1ternativefue1s.Japanhasbeenattheforefrontoftheseefforts.However,whetherJapanshydrogenstrategy

2、contributestoambitiousc1imategoa1sremainsanopenquestion.ThereasonthatquestionremainsopenisthatJapanspo1iciesareunc1earaboutintentionstotransitionfromb1ueandgraytogreenhydrogen.Thispaperarguesthatgreaterc1arityaboutthetransitiontogreenhydrogenwi11he1pJapanachieveinternationa1cooperationand1oca1socioe

3、conomicbenefits.Itthenout1inesrecommendationsthatcanc1arifyitssupportfortransitioningtogreenhydrogen.Thoserecommendationsinc1udemoreprecise1anguageandtangib1emi1estonesfortransitionsinnationa1po1icies.Theya1soentai1makingc1earerstatementsabouttheintenttosupportgreenhydrogenandre1atedactionsininterna

4、tiona1c1imateand1oca1revita1izationstrategiesthatmakethatcommitmentcredib1e.Thisaboveargumentisnoton1yimportantforpo1icymakersbutforsevera11inesofresearchonhydrogen.Onebranchofre1evantresearchunder1inesthathydrogenisnotuniversa11ygoodfortheenvironment.Forinstance,studieshaveusedana1ysistodemonstrate

5、thathydrogenstrategiesneedtoavoidnegativeimpactson1oca1ecosystemsandfreshwateravai1abi1ity(Panchenkoeta1.2023).Othershavenotedthatwhi1ehydrogenintheenergymixcou1drep1acefossi1fue1s,gapsexistregardingthesupp1ychainandhydrogenproductionin,forinstance,theshippingindustryandhydrogenfue1ce11vehic1es(Ati1

6、haneta1.2023;Khaneta1.2023).Thoughinformative,muchofthisworkhasastrongertechnica1thanpo1icyfocusAsecond1ineofworkismorestrong1y1inkedtopo1icy.Thisinc1udesear1ierstudiesthatadvocatedthatJapanintroduce1ong-termp1ansforincreasingtheshareofhydrogeninitsenergymix(OhtaandAbe1985).Asimi1ar,morerecentargume

7、ntcanbefoundinworkonopportunitiesforco11aboratingwithcountriesinAsiatoovercomesomeoftheaforementionedtechnica1hurd1es(AditiyaandAziz2023).Whi1ethesestudiesshedimportant1ightonpo1icy,theydonotunder1inethemu1tip1e1oca1andinternationa1cooperationbenefitsfromcommittingtotransitionpathwayssupportinggreen

8、hydrogeninJapan(andothercountriesinAsia).Thereisthusasignificantgapinthe1iterature.Thispaperfi11sthisgapbynoton1yexaminingJapanshydrogenpo1iciesbuta1sohigh1ightingthebenefitsoftransitioningtogreenhydrogen.Itfurtherexaminesthero1eoftechno1ogyco-innovationinsupportingmutua11ybeneficia1co11aborationong

9、reenhydrogenbetweenJapanandothercountriesinAsia.Thepaperisdividedintosevensections.Thefo11owingsectiongivesabriefoverviewofthepotentia1ofhydrogenandtheobstac1estoachievingit,andthethirdsection1ooksatJapansnationa1hydrogenstrategies,whi1ethefourthout1inestheadvantagesofswitchingtogreenhydrogen.Thefif

10、thsectionexaminesJapansro1ein1eadinghydrogeneconomyinAsia.Thesixthsectionofferspo1icyrecommendationsandemphasizeshowregiona1cooperationcou1dsupportthoserecommendations.Thefina1sectionconc1udeswithasuggestionforfurtherresearch.2. HYDROGEN,SPOTENTIA1IN9ANDBARRIERSTO5TRANSITIONINGTOANET-ZEROECONOMYHydr

11、ogenhasthepotentia1top1ayavita1ro1einthetransitiontoanet-zeroeconomy,asitcanbeusedasac1eanenergycarriertostoreandtransportenergyfromrenewab1esourcessuchasso1arandwind.Itcana1sobeusedtodecarbonizeavarietyofsectors,inc1udingtransportation,industry,andheating,thataredifficu1ttoe1ectrifyusinge1ectricity

12、a1one.However,therearea1sosignificantbarrierstothewidespreadadoptionofhydrogeninthetransitiontonetzero.Thesehurd1esinc1ude:thehighcostofproducing“green”hydrogenusinge1ectro1ysisandrenewab1eenergy;the1ackofinfrastructurefortheproduction,storage,anddistributionofhydrogen;and1imitedpub1icawarenessandun

13、derstandingofhydrogenasac1eanenergysource.Despitethesecha11enges,thepotentia1benefitsofhydrogenmakeitapotentia11yimportantdriverinthetransitiontoanet-zeroeconomy.Hydrogen,sPotentia1toTransitiontoNetZeroThetransitiontohydrogencanhe1preduceemissionsandachievenet-zerogoa1s(IPCC2018),particu1ar1yinsecto

14、rsthataredifficu1ttoe1ectrify.Thesesectorsinc1udeindustriessuchasstee1making,high-temperatureheating,and1ong-distancetransport.Intheseareas,hydrogencanbeusedasac1eanera1ternativetofossi1fue1s,reducingemissionsfromproductionprocesses.Hydrogencana1sop1ayacomp1ementaryro1einthetransitiontorenewab1eener

15、gy.Theintermittentnatureofrenewab1eenergysources,suchaswindandso1ar,canbeacha11engetogridstabi1ity.Hydrogencanprovide1oadba1ancingtosmoothoutf1uctuationsindemandandsupp1y.E1ectro1ysis,theprocessofsp1ittingwatermo1ecu1esintohydrogenandoxygen,canbeusedtostoreexcesse1ectricitygeneratedbyrenewab1eenergy

16、sources.Whenthereis1itt1ewindorsun,storedhydrogencanthenbeburnedingasturbinestogeneratee1ectricity.Power-to-gas(P2G)isanotherwaythathydrogencanbeusedasaformofrenewab1eenergystorage.Thissurp1use1ectricitycanbeusedforgreenhydrogenproductionandthenconsumedwhenneeded(Thorpe2016).Thishydrogencanthenbedep1oyedtogeneratee1ectricityorasafue1fortransportandindustria1purposes.Important1y,theuseofhydrogenasenergystoragedoesnotincuranyenergy1ossover1ongperiods,thusreducingemissi