According to its national action plan, Hungary aims to integrate hydrogen into its mobility, industry, construction, gas and electricity systems. and energy. The NCEP states that "hydrogen can play an important role in the integration of renewable electricity generation of renewable electricity, strengthening the national security of supply and achieving Hungary's decarbonization goals." New regulatory measures in the gas, storage and transport sectors that address the entire hydrogen value chain, encompassing generation, storage, storage, transportation, and distribution. covering generation, storage, transportation, distribution and end use. Among the different applications, Hungary considers the possibility of using hydrogen to decarbonize its gas supply, produce electricity (in the long term), replace fossil fuels in the fossil fuels in the transport sector, and partially replacing fossil hydrogen with renewable hydrogen. Hydrogen will support the integration of higher volumes of variable renewable electricity into the system, improve system flexibility and increase security of supply. security of supply

The NECP includes a specific 2030 target of 51ktoe electricity-based renewable hydrogen consumption in in the heating and cooling sector. Hungary also plans to use renewable hydrogen as an alternative fuel for transportation, even in its Business As Usual scenario (considered as "with existing measures" scenario). With the additional measures of the NECP (WAM scenario), renewable hydrogen could cover about 1% of the total energy needs for transport in 2030.

Hungary has a positive environment to address the deployment of renewable hydrogen in all its possible applications, given the announced pilot projects and its commitment to address regulatory barriers, its participation in the Green Hydrogen Blue Danube, Black Horse, Silver Frog and H2Go4 IPCE projects, the entry of the Hungarian oil and gas supplier and the Hungarian gas supplier and Hungarian gas company MOL, which is entering the hydrogen business, and the Hungarian TSO, which is willing to set up a framework for introducing hydrogen into the for introducing hydrogen into the gas system. Hungary also took part in the HyLaw project, which identified and assessed the main regulatory the main regulatory barriers, in order to prioritize measures to address them.

According to its NCP, Hungary considers that hydrogen fuel cell cars would be available and deployed from 2025, while fuel cell buses and heavy-duty vehicles could be used already. Even in its business-as-usual scenario, Hungary expects renewable hydrogen to play a role in the renewable energy target for transport. With the additional NECP measures additional measures, Hungary could cover about 1% of its transport needs with hydrogen in 2030, and about 5% in 2040 (for a total of about 5% in 2040). in 2040 (for a total of about 30% renewable energy for transport).