Country attractiveness index – Japan leads in 2015

An increasing number of countries are chasing, politically motivated, high value job creation through the aim of a localised fuel cell manufacturing hub. Other govern-ments are focused on deployment and ramping up the benefits of fuel cell adoption to society.The Country Attractiveness Index was developed by, and is unique to, 4th Energy Wave to rank countries on attractiveness for (1) fuel cell companies to export to and (2) to sell into as a local market. Each country is ranked on 12 parameters. 5 of which are shown below. Japan

Germany

France

India

UK

South Africa

USA

Canada

China

South Korea

Denmark

4th Energy Wave5 influencers5 Factors in the analysis include:1. Government level systematic identification and removal of legislative

barriers to deployment of fuel cells in stationary, portable or transport systems.

2. Government level, long term support for decarbonisation, reduction in emissions and a shift to faster adoption of renewable energy, and or hydrogen.

3. Fiscal support for fuel cell adoption, either direct, which specifically mentions fuel cells, or otherwise.

4. Barriers to trade. For the export market especially this is important. Countries which have buy local policies, or break WTO rules on trade, are classed as high risk, and therefore much harder to do business with.

5. Economic Growth. A population able to afford fuel cell systems, whether in cars, or homes or companies employing the systems into offices and businesses, is only created or maintained through stable long term economic growth.

With the results of the export and local markets are combined we see that Japan remains at the head of the pack.

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