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Financing Renewable Hydrogen globally: ramp up to 2030 only needs $150bn/year

May 26, 2023 by Dolf Gielen, Priyank Lathwal and Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha

Dolf Gielen, Priyank Lathwal and Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha at the World Bank present a thorough review of the pathway to financing global clean renewable hydrogen over the coming decades. The wind and solar that powers production will continue to get cheaper, and so will electrolyser costs as they scale up. Nevertheless, the total financing will still be considerable. World Bank analysis shows around $30tn between now and 2050 will be needed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: China, COP28, costs, electrolysers, EMDCs, EU, financing, Germany, green, H2Global, hydrogen, investment, NEOM, offtake, production, risks, US

Making Hydrogen direct from seawater using double-membrane electrolysis

May 24, 2023 by David Krause

Can hydrogen be produced from seawater? The standard method requires water to be purified, which is expensive to do and adds complexity to the device. David Krause at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University describes new research there that uses electrolysis and a double membrane directly on the seawater to separate out the chloride and isolate the hydrogen and hydroxides. The system operates without generating toxic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: chloride, chlorine, electrodes, electrolysis, hydrogen, hydroxides, membrane, seawater

Should U.S. DOE risk funding methane-based Hydrogen production when CCS is still not proven?

March 27, 2023 by Suzanne Mattei, David Schlissel and Dennis Wamsted

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is allocating $8bn for building regional clean hydrogen hubs. Decisions on who to fund are being made now and will be completed by the end of this year. Any methane-based hydrogen project that achieves a 95% carbon capture rate will be sufficiently “clean” to qualify for the federal funding. But, as Suzanne Mattei, David Schlissel and Dennis Wamsted at IEEFA explain, the few “at scale” CCS projects now running … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Carbon Capture, Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: CCS, CDR, commercialisation, funding, hubs, hydrogen, methane, US

Hydrogen’s innovation pipeline: signals strong ahead of World Hydrogen Summit in Rotterdam, May 9-11, 2023

March 21, 2023 by Ian Shine

The IEA and the European Patents Office have, for the first time, reported on patents filed worldwide to get a measure of the innovations we’re seeing in the hydrogen sector, summarised here by Ian Shine. Overall, Europe and Japan are leading. Although the U.S. is a close third, with 20% of the total, their filings have declined compared to the previous decade. The fastest growth is in China (15.2%) and South Korea (12.2%). There has been a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: automotive, aviation, China, Distribution, electrolysis, Europe, hydrogen, IEA, industry, iron, Japan, patents, rail, shipping, SouthKorea, steel, storage, transport, US

Blending Hydrogen into the gas network: the challenges of pipeline fractures, faster flow rate + more

March 10, 2023 by NREL

An important part of the strategy of bringing hydrogen into the mainstream of the global energy sector is inserting it into the existing gas infrastructure. That will be done by “simply” blending it with the natural gas. But there are well known challenges and uncertainties, which have been interrogated in a report from NREL and partner institutions. Hydrogen, being the smallest element, can easily permeate solid metals and render pipeline steel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: fractures, gas, HyBlend, hydrogen, network, pipelines, steel, US

Green Hydrogen’s 6,000-fold scale-up by 2050 must far exceed Wind and Solar’s. Is it possible?

February 17, 2023 by Adrian Odenweller and Falko Ueckerdt

To scale “green” hydrogen to make its contribution to limiting warming to 1.5C, electrolyser capacity needs to grow 6,000-fold by 2050 from today’s levels of 600MW, according to the IEA’s Net-Zero emissions by 2050 scenario. Adrian Odenweller and Falko Ueckerdt at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, writing for Carbon Brief, summarise their study that concludes even if electrolyser capacity grows as quickly as wind and solar, it is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: capacity, electrification, electrolysers, EU, green, hydrogen, netzero, solar, US, wind

Make Hydrogen in developing nations: share prosperity while meeting our climate goals

January 26, 2023 by Dolf Gielen, Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha and Priyank Lathwal

The new hydrogen economy will not just be global, it must be used as a major economic development opportunity for low income nations and promoting shared prosperity, explain Dolf Gielen, Silvia Carolina Lopez Rocha and Priyank Lathwal at the World Bank. They carefully lay out the obstacles and pathways for making hydrogen in developing countries. It’s very capital intensive, but such projects – think of existing fossil fuels, mining, etc. – have … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: Aman, ammonia, capital, demand, development, exports, hydrogen, India, investment, iron, jetfuel, jobs, Mauritania, methanol, Namibia, prices, steel

Making Hydrogen will consume 2% of total global renewable capacity growth by 2027

January 17, 2023 by IEA

25 countries plus the EU have announced big ambitions for renewable hydrogen production. But how much renewable energy will be needed to make the H2 over the next five years? Nations are not keen to expend new clean energy generation on (expensive today) hydrogen production when their grids are still not emissions-free. According to the IEA, for 2022-2027, their main case forecasts around 50GW of renewable capacity will be dedicated to hydrogen … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: AsiaPacific, australia, China, EU, hydrogen, IEA, incentives, LatinAmerica Chile, MENA, Oman, production, regulations, renewables, support, US

EU Energy Outlook to 2060: how will power prices and revenues develop for wind, solar, gas, hydrogen + more

December 6, 2022 by Alex Schmitt and Huangluolun Zhou

Alex Schmitt and Huangluolun Zhou at Energy Brainpool present a summary of their “EU Energy Outlook 2060”. Its scenarios map out how the European (EU 27, UK, Switzerland and Norway) energy system will change dramatically in the coming decades. Current geopolitical tensions are added to climate mitigation and an outdated power plant fleet as the main drivers of change at the EU and national levels. The in-depth modelling is trying to answer the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen, Oil, Gas & Coal, Renewables Tagged With: buildings, coal, demand, electricity, EU, gas, hydrogen, industry, Nuclear, outlook, prices, renewables, Russia, solar, transport, Ukraine, volatility, wind

Investing in Hydrogen: is there a “first mover advantage”?

November 8, 2022 by Michiel Korthals Altes

Is there a “first mover advantage” – or not - for an investor in the new hydrogen economy? Michiel Korthals Altes offers a series of “tests” of investment decisions based on the following criteria: economics, climate efficiency, system optimum, price stability, regulation, technology, now and in the future. He concludes that until the sector reaches maturity, conversion inefficiencies make the production of hydrogen a poor choice for most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: economics, efficiency, electrolysers, emissions, EU, hydrogen, incentives, investment, prices, regulation, support, Technology

Green Hydrogen is ready to scale this decade

October 27, 2022 by Tessa Weiss, Cato Koole and Nick Pesta

### Today’s article flags up a fascinating panel discussion on the book “Touching Hydrogen Future”, as part of the European Hydrogen Week taking place from 24-28 October 2022. This webinar, on Friday Oct 28 at 10:00 CEST, will be blue-sky thinking about the future of the hydrogen economy. Global in scope, it will dive into how a hydrogen-powered future might look in the Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, Romania and Morocco. REGISTER HERE ### Can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: ArcelorMital, BNEF, electrolysers, Europe, fertilisers, green, hydrogen, HydrogenHubs, ITM, Maersk, NEL, pipelines, REPowerEU, ShippingFuels, steel, Thyssenkrupp, Yara

Hydrogen imports: strict rules can deliver a win-win for Europe and developing nations

October 13, 2022 by Ines Bouacida

### Today’s article flags up a fascinating panel discussion on the book “Touching Hydrogen Future”, as part of the European Hydrogen Week taking place from 24-28 October 2022. This webinar, on Oct 28 at 10:00 CEST, will be blue-sky thinking about the future of the hydrogen economy. Global in scope, it will dive into how a hydrogen-powered future might look in the Netherlands, Greece, Ukraine and Morocco. REGISTER HERE ### The EU is moving … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: Algeria, emissions, EU, geopolitics, green, hydrogen, imports, industry, Libya, Morocco, pipelines, regulations, REPowerEU, transport, Tunisia

How to ramp up Hydrogen under the new REPowerEU targets

September 5, 2022 by Helena Uhde

What needs to be done to develop hydrogen as a major fuel in Europe as the continent looks to diversify away from Russian oil and gas supplies? The war in Ukraine has led to the EU substantially raising its hydrogen ambitions. While the earlier “Fit for 55” target for 2030 was set at 5.6 Mt, the new REPowerEU strategy has increased the target to 20 Mt, to replace 50 bcm of Russian gas. That means, for example, the use of hydrogen in industrial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: ammonia, demand, EU, hydrogen, incentives, industry, infrastructure, methanol, REPowerEU, Russia, transport, Ukraine

Hydrogen project pipelines need new ways of matchmaking investors and developers

July 26, 2022 by Isabelle Huber

What is required to catalyse private investment in the new hydrogen economy? Isabelle Huber at the Center for Strategic and International Studies has looked at a European Investment Bank survey of hydrogen investors in the EU to find some answers. One obvious challenge is the cost of moving to hydrogen. An example of dealing with this is Germany’s H2Global mechanism which uses government funds to bridge the gap. But another major problem … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: communications, EIB, EU, Germany, H2Global, hydrogen, investment, regulations, US

What will an international marketplace for Hydrogen look like?

July 25, 2022 by Herib Blanco

Though any nation can in theory make its own hydrogen, some will be able to do it much more cheaply than others. Herib Blanco at IRENA summarises their study that looks at the factors that determine the difference, along with the hydrogen transport costs that will influence the global trade that should emerge. By 2050, those transport costs could reach levels below $1/kgH2 once economies of scale are reached and supply chains are fully developed. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Hydrogen Tagged With: ammonia, costs, hydrogen, markets, pipelines, shipping, SupplyChains, trade, transport

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