Shift Key with Robinson Meyer and Jesse Jenkins A Beginner’s Guide to the Hydrogen Economy
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Jan 15, 2025 Delve into the world of hydrogen and its potential to combat climate change. Explore the complex relationship between hydrogen production, decarbonization, and the evolving energy landscape. Discover the challenges of shipping hydrogen and the economic implications of U.S. policies like the hydrogen tax credit. Learn how hydrogen could transform industries while navigating the international competition and strategies shaping its future. The conversation also touches on innovative approaches in extraction and the properties that make hydrogen both promising and problematic.
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Hydrogen's Role
- Hydrogen offers a carbon-free way to store, move, and use energy, besides electricity.
- It can power various applications, including transportation, heating, and chemical processes, by burning or reacting like natural gas.
Hydrogen's Competition
- Hydrogen is crucial for decarbonizing industrial processes and serves as an energy carrier.
- However, it faces competition from electricity and fossil fuels with carbon capture.
Essential Hydrogen Uses
- Hydrogen demand may decrease as alternatives emerge, but some sectors will likely still need it.
- Chemical feedstocks, ammonia production, and steelmaking rely on hydrogen as a key component.