Law and Policy Review on Green Hydrogen Potential in ECOWAS Countries

Abdoulaye Ballo, Koffi Kouakou Valentin, Bruno Korgo, Kehinde Olufunso Ogunjobi, Solomon Nwabueze Agbo, Daouda Kone and Moumini Savadogo
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Abdoulaye Ballo: West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Competence Centre, Ouaga BP 9507, Burkina Faso
Koffi Kouakou Valentin: West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) Headquarters, Cantonments Accra PMB CT 504, Ghana
Bruno Korgo: West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Competence Centre, Ouaga BP 9507, Burkina Faso
Kehinde Olufunso Ogunjobi: West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL), Competence Centre, Ouaga BP 9507, Burkina Faso
Solomon Nwabueze Agbo: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse, 52425 Jülich, Germany
Daouda Kone: West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) Headquarters, Cantonments Accra PMB CT 504, Ghana
Moumini Savadogo: West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) Headquarters, Cantonments Accra PMB CT 504, Ghana

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: This paper aims to review existing energy-sector and hydrogen-energy-related legal, policy, and strategy documents in the ECOWAS region. To achieve this aim, current renewable-energy-related laws, acts of parliament, executive orders, presidential decrees, administrative orders, and memoranda were analyzed. The study shows that ECOWAS countries have strived to design consistent legal instruments regarding renewable energy in developing comprehensive legislation and bylaws to consolidate it and to encourage investments in renewable energy. Despite all these countries having a legislative basis for regulating renewable energy, there are still weaknesses that revolve around the law and policy regarding its possible application in green hydrogen production and use. The central conclusion of this review paper is that ECOWAS member states presently have no official hydrogen policies nor bylaws in place. The hydrogen rise presents a challenge and opportunity for members to play an important role in the fast-growing global hydrogen market. Therefore, these countries need to reform their regulatory frameworks and align their policies by introducing green hydrogen production in order to accomplish their green economy transition for the future and to boost the continent’s sustainable development.

Keywords: renewable energy; green hydrogen; green economy; laws and policies; ECOWAS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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