The Philippines

The Philippines is facing the challenge of a rapidly growing population and growing energy demand. The country has one of the highest concentrations of geothermal power generation in Asia, followed by a great wind and hydropower potential, but it is heavily dependent on imported fossil fuels. The development and optimal use of the country's renewable energy resources are key to the Philippines' sustainable energy agenda. 

The industry sector is a major contributor to the Philippines’ GHG emissions. The largest contributors from the hard-to-abate industrial sectors came from metal production and the chemical industry. At present, the petroleum refining industry has shown the highest demand for hydrogen produced from fossil fuels, followed by the production of chemicals such as ammonia, fertilizer, methanol, and other petrochemical products, and industrial heat sources. 

Clean/green hydrogen can present an opportunity for the Philippines to improve national energy security, and local industrial development.

The country is part of the UNIDO's Global Clean Hydrogen Programme, funded by GEF. The Child Project in the Philippines will contribute to enhancing national institutional capacities, enabling policy frameworks, and improving technological readiness for the successful uptake of clean hydrogen in the Philippines to ensure net zero development with social considerations and benefits. This approach will particularly contribute by enabling the Philippines to meet its national decarbonisation targets and provide valuable knowledge and expertise for the production and local uptake of clean hydrogen.