ABSTRACT
The promise of the hydrogen economy in addressing the issues of climate change, energy security and local air pollution has captured the imagination of politicians and policy-makers, not only internationally and nationally, but also at the city/regional level (see Bush, 2003; Prodi, 2003; Mayor of London, 2004). Much of this enthusiasm operates at a rhetorical level, making a multiplicity of claims about the possibilities of the hydrogen economy which, despite generating much political and policy excitement, has led to only a few highly selective and discretionary attempts to address the development of hydrogen economy initiatives in particular city/regional contexts (see Eames et al, 2006).
