Winds, Waters, and Watts: How Colombia’s Ports Can Fuel a Green Hydrogen Economy – World Bank Group
This report assesses and highlights Colombia’s opportunity to become an important global supplier of green hydrogen-based fuels for shipping and other sectors. The analysis evaluated Colombia’s emerging green hydrogen economy from a maritime transport perspective. With shipping and ports at the center, the analysis explored the potential for producing, storing, supplying, and exporting green hydrogen-based fuels in the ports of Colombia, thereby highlighting its efforts at sustainability. The report presents the following five key findings: 1.) The decarbonization of maritime transport will depend on green hydrogen-based fuels, and the global green hydrogen economy will depend on maritime transport. 2.) Based on a two-stage analysis, seven key investment opportunities for lighthouse green H2 projects were identified along the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. 3.) The largest business opportunities for commercializing green hydrogen-based fuels from these potential projects are primarily in exports, followed by bunkering demand. 4.) The financial viability of the priority projects remains highly dependent on the future market prices for green hydrogen-based fuels, which, in turn, are determined by international policy decisions. 5.) Following recommendations from the lighthouse roadmap, the public and private sectors alike can maximize the contribution of Colombian ports to form a national green hydrogen economy.
Citation
“World Bank. 2025. Winds, Waters, and Watts: How Colombia’s Ports Can Fuel a Green Hydrogen Economy. © World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/43510 License: CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO.”
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