PETALING JAYA, Sept. 30 -- Putrajaya should think twice about extending incentives to Sarawak's hydrogen sector when it has yet to prove that there are enough buyers willing to pay commercially viable prices, according to an analyst.

Samirul Ariff Othman from Global Asia Consulting said the concern was particularly relevant after Sarawak sought more Budget 2027 support for clean energy and other high-value industries, in a meeting this week between Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan and Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani.

He said the basic problem with hydrogen was not Sarawak's ability to produce it, but whether anyone wanted to buy enough of it at a price that made the business sustaina...