“Companies that have joined the Mexican Hydrogen Association consider that there is large potential for green hydrogen development in Mexico, particularly given the country’s geographic location and access to abundant renewable energy sources,” Israel Hurtado, president of the Mexican Hydrogen Association, told NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index. “Members of the industry are looking at green hydrogen as another fuel that can either substitute or complement natural gas.”

Israel Hurtado

Hurtado has been head of the Mexican Hydrogen Association since late 2020, and is a seasoned veteran of the energy industry having worked at Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Energy Ministry (Sener) and the Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE), where he was a...