Most countries are going all in on green hydrogen and they're leaving blue to the side. Britain is trying to build up both blue and green hydrogen infrastructure. To meet all the government hydrogen targets from just green hydrogen would require about 126 terawatt hours of renewable electricity a year. We'd have to basically double our renewable electricity supply. So why is Britain going about it in that dual trackway?
South Africa’s leader says a pile of cash stashed in a sofa represents no wrongdoing. The outcome of an investigation could be the undoing of his presidency and his party. We examine Britain’s hydrogen-economy plans as representing the tradeoffs that many countries will face. And remembering Jay Pasachoff, the world’s foremost expert on and exponent of eclipses.
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