The analysis of government policies for hydrogen fuel cell

Abstract

Coming into an era when the world is becoming more and more concerning about environmental issues and energy dilemma, hydrogen fuel cell is a very ideal clean energy resource profited from its low carbon emission, low noise production, high energy efficiency and its renewable property. In the last few decades, many efforts had been made in policies and technology, trying to make hydrogen stable, convenient and popular enough to be a substitution of fossil fuel. This article paid close attention to the relationship between hydrogen technology of different developing stages and hydrogen industry policies set up by government around the globe. By using the statistical method to compare and contrast hydrogen fuel development analyzed from the number of patents and the government’s policy of three representative countries, funds and other types of proposals in history, it can be concluded that there is a close relationship between the condition of receiving government support and the enthusiasm in research and innovation in hydrogen fuel cell. This evidence reveals that during the long-term focus in the political and environmental topic of carbon neutral, the industrial policy can make a significant influence in lowering carbon emission.