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Matthew I. Martin

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Matthew Martin is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Projects group. He is a dual Illinois and England & Wales qualified lawyer and serves as counsel on complex construction and project development projects across a range of sectors. Matthew has been recognized in the Legal 500 as someone who ‘combines being hands on’ and ‘into the legal detail’, with ‘a deep commercial understanding of projects’.

Baker McKenzie’s Global Guide to Critical Minerals examines the status and strategic legal background for critical minerals across a number key mining jurisdictions, as well as the applicable legal and regulatory framework for their extraction, highlighting the rapid change in the critical minerals space as the energy transition accelerates.

An increasing number of countries have been unveiling their detailed legislative frameworks and extensive state support packages aimed at developing the hydrogen market in the context of the race to net zero. The US is not a new participant in this race. The 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act allocated USD 9.5 billion for clean hydrogen. The Inflation Reduction Act signed into law in August 2022 provided additional policies and incentives for the development of the hydrogen market, including a production tax credit, which is aimed at boosting the US market for clean hydrogen. However, the US Department of Energy’s publication of a draft Clean Hydrogen Strategy and Roadmap (CHSR) takes the US government’s level of commitment to clean energy to the next level, as well as showing its willingness to work with existing and potential hydrogen market participants and other stakeholders to develop a framework that really works. This article examines the key provisions of the CHSR.