Why green hydrogen is key to the global energy transition
Recharge
By: Frank Wouters
February 10, 2020
HYDROGEN
In the news
Today, cheap and reliable fossil fuels power our industries and fuel our transport. This won’t change overnight, but we must position for a future where emissions are considerably lower than they are today. To do this, we need to change the way we’ve done things for centuries. Electrification, renewable energy and energy storage will get us part of the way through the energy transition. However, even with such a rapid deployment of solar and wind, electrification can’t do everything. In fact, it will likely only meet about half of our expected final energy usage.
We need something else to fill that gap. Enter low-carbon hydrogen.