Hydrogen: Saviour or
illusion
Hydrogen’s allure is obvious. When burnt with pure oxygen it produces harmless water vapour, rather than carbon dioxide, with effectively zero greenhouse gas emissions.
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Hydrogen’s allure is obvious. When burnt with pure oxygen it produces harmless water vapour, rather than carbon dioxide, with effectively zero greenhouse gas emissions.
Rachel Crouch at The AES Corporation discusses the financing of green hydrogen. What will bring the project financing really needed to kickstart green hydrogen production and consumption?
Patrick Gorr, Global Hydrogen Leader at Arup discusses how the hydrogen future needs to be understood not only in terms of sources of supply and demand and their proximity to each other, but in terms of geopolitics and financial markets.
Daryl Wilson, Executive Director of Hydrogen Council discusses why this time is different, and points out the three reasons sceptics miss the point.
Economist Impact asks Daryl Wilson where hydrogen fits into solving the climate crisis, and what timeline he sees for the transition to hydrogen.
Economist Impact asks Patrick Gorr what needs to happen for hydrogen to become a fuel of the future, and who is likely to lead the hydrogen revolution.
A few decades ago, renewable energy experts only pitched hydrogen as a fossil fuel alternative for transport. Today, carbon-neutral dreamers believe it’s the glue that holds the green revolution together and it has the potential to deliver critical functions for a new energy world.
Demand for hydrogen has grown more than threefold since 1975, and continues to rise. However the cheapest (and the most common) way to make hydrogen is the most environmentally damaging due to being supplied from fossil fuels. Green hydrogen (made by using clean electricity from renewable energy technologies) is ideal but still expensive. The choice of the policy and regulation tools will also influence demand going forward.
Much has been discussed about the potential of hydrogen to help the world become less reliant on fossil fuels and transition towards a net-zero emissions economy. Yet until recently, realising its potential has been highly challenging. However, change is in the air.
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