Green tides: the Suez Canal as key hub and green corridor for a hydrogen future between the Middle East and Europe
The shipping industry faces the dual challenge of reducing emissions to meet net-zero targets by 2050 and transporting green energy sources like hydrogen and its derivatives. Green shipping corridors provide experimental routes for low-carbon solutions, with the Suez Canal uniquely positioned to lea...
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| description | The shipping industry faces the dual challenge of reducing emissions to meet net-zero targets by 2050 and transporting green energy sources like hydrogen and its derivatives. Green shipping corridors provide experimental routes for low-carbon solutions, with the Suez Canal uniquely positioned to lead. This paper examines the canal’s evolving role as a dynamic energy space, where diverse actors and networks intersect, shaping spatial power relations and aligning with green capitalism interests. It explores the Suez Canal’s potential to serve as a model for hydrogen initiatives and its capacity to influence global energy governance and geopolitical dynamics in the transition to a sustainable shipping future. The canal also represents a microcosm of broader global shifts toward a future hydrogen economy, where numerous stakeholders vie for power and influence. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bfa0675658b7415098bd70c9a75feac82025-02-07T06:49:34ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Energy Research2296-598X2025-02-011310.3389/fenrg.2025.15387921538792Green tides: the Suez Canal as key hub and green corridor for a hydrogen future between the Middle East and EuropeTobias ZumbraegelAlisa KegelThe shipping industry faces the dual challenge of reducing emissions to meet net-zero targets by 2050 and transporting green energy sources like hydrogen and its derivatives. Green shipping corridors provide experimental routes for low-carbon solutions, with the Suez Canal uniquely positioned to lead. This paper examines the canal’s evolving role as a dynamic energy space, where diverse actors and networks intersect, shaping spatial power relations and aligning with green capitalism interests. It explores the Suez Canal’s potential to serve as a model for hydrogen initiatives and its capacity to influence global energy governance and geopolitical dynamics in the transition to a sustainable shipping future. The canal also represents a microcosm of broader global shifts toward a future hydrogen economy, where numerous stakeholders vie for power and influence.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2025.1538792/fullSuez Canalhydrogengreen shippingEuropeMiddle Eastgeopolitics |
| spellingShingle | Tobias Zumbraegel Alisa Kegel Green tides: the Suez Canal as key hub and green corridor for a hydrogen future between the Middle East and Europe Frontiers in Energy Research Suez Canal hydrogen green shipping Europe Middle East geopolitics |
| title | Green tides: the Suez Canal as key hub and green corridor for a hydrogen future between the Middle East and Europe |
| title_full | Green tides: the Suez Canal as key hub and green corridor for a hydrogen future between the Middle East and Europe |
| title_fullStr | Green tides: the Suez Canal as key hub and green corridor for a hydrogen future between the Middle East and Europe |
| title_full_unstemmed | Green tides: the Suez Canal as key hub and green corridor for a hydrogen future between the Middle East and Europe |
| title_short | Green tides: the Suez Canal as key hub and green corridor for a hydrogen future between the Middle East and Europe |
| title_sort | green tides the suez canal as key hub and green corridor for a hydrogen future between the middle east and europe |
| topic | Suez Canal hydrogen green shipping Europe Middle East geopolitics |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2025.1538792/full |
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