Law No. 14.948 creating the legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen, providing for the National Low-Carbon Hydrogen Policy, its principles, objectives, concepts, governance and instruments.

This Law establishes the legal framework for low-carbon hydrogen, provides for the National Low-Carbon Hydrogen Policy, its principles, objectives, concepts, governance and instruments. In addition, it establishes incentives for the low-carbon hydrogen industry, the Special Incentive Regime for Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production (Rehidro), creates the Low-Carbon Hydrogen Development Programme (PHBC), and amends Laws No. 9.427 of 26 December 1996, and Law No. 9.478 of 6 August 1997.
The objectives of the National Low-Carbon Hydrogen Policy are: encourage various production routes for low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives; promote sustainable development and expand the labour market for the production chains of low-carbon hydrogen; promote energy applications of low-carbon hydrogen and enhance its role as a vector for energy transition for national economy; valorize the use of low-carbon hydrogen to supply the domestic market and for export purposes; protect consumer interests in terms of price, quality and a stable and permanent supply of low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives; protect the environment, promote energy conservation and mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) and pollutant emissions in energy and industrial consumption; encourage the supply of low-carbon hydrogen throughout the national territory; attract and encourage domestic and foreign investment in the production of low-carbon hydrogen; encourage initiatives to produce low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives for export or use in various production chains with a view to adding value to national products; attract investment in infrastructure for transporting and storing low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives; encourage research and development related to the use of low-carbon hydrogen and its derivatives for energy and industrial purposes; promoting the energy transition with a view to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other similar international treaties; promoting national and international cooperation to implement actions aimed at meeting the commitments and targets for mitigating global climate change; fostering the national supply chain for inputs and equipment for manufacturing low-carbon hydrogen; encourage public-private partnerships to develop low-carbon hydrogen projects; and encouraging the development of domestic production of nitrogen fertilizers from low-carbon hydrogen with the aim of reducing external dependence and guaranteeing food security.