The potential of hydrogen as a clean fuel is enormous. Hydrogen (or H2) is inexhaustible and its use does not cause harmful emissions. The Dutch government firmly believes that hydrogen will be one of the major clean fuels of the future. They are fully committed to making hydrogen available and affordable through the design, construction, financing, maintenance and operation of refueling stations as part of the clean fuels offer. In the Netherlands, several operators already have hydrogen fueling stations open to the public.

The Dutch government has big ambitions for hydrogen. The National Hydrogen Program shows that the government wants to bet on hydrogen as the energy system of the future.

Oil and gas companies have long provided the fuels that form the basis of today's energy system, but against a backdrop of persistently high global emissions, they are under increasing pressure to provide solutions to climate change. Although they may seem like incompatible options, most companies will seek to do both. In practice, the two are closely interrelated, as most of the financial resources for diversified spending, at least initially, will come from traditional investments in oil and gas supply. While companies' approaches to the energy transition vary, capital spending on clean energy is seeing an increase in overall investment. Companies - especially large European ones - are trying to accelerate their transition to renewables by increasing the supply of hydrogen at Dutch grid refueling stations

New companies are also joining the hydrogen supply in the Netherlands and a new hydrogen supply agreement has been signed to support some 33,000 fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in the Netherlands. HyGear, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xebec Adsorption, recently announced the signing of a supply agreement for the generation and delivery of 130,000 kg of hydrogen to a hydrogen refueling station in the country. The hydrogen supplied by HyGear under the agreement will be produced at the company's decentralized hydrogen production facility in Arnhem, the Netherlands, for a period of one and a half years.