This report follows from a request from the Ministry of Economy and Development of Mongolia to the OECD Sustainable Infrastructure Programme in Asia (SIPA) for support in the elaboration of a national strategy for the development of a renewable hydrogen industry. SIPA is financed by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection and the International Climate Initiative and is implemented by a consortium of partners led by the OECD.
This report was scoped at a public-private roundtable that was held in Ulaanbaatar in March 2023 and co-organised between the OECD Sustainable Infrastructure Programme in Asia (SIPA) and the Mongolian Hydrogen Council, the Ministry of Energy, and the Ministry of Economy and Development. The preliminary findings were discussed with the Ministry of Economy and Development and Ministry of Energy during a mission to Ulaanbaatar in October 2023, which was followed with a public-private workshop in April 2024 at which the overall assessment and recommendations of the report were presented and validated. The present report has been revised following the April 2024 workshop to reflect recent policy and project developments, as well as the opinions and observations of local stakeholders.
The findings of the report are relevant to policymakers and firms in Mongolia that wish to develop and take advantage of new opportunities in the context of renewable hydrogen and its value chains. At the same time, the report and its recommendations are also relevant for all stakeholders interested in the low-carbon transition of the Mongolian economy. As discussed throughout this report, this is because the establishment of the general framework conditions necessary for a less carbon-intensive and more environmentally sustainable development of industry are a pre-condition for the adoption of more advanced, frontier technology options such as hydrogen specifically.