THE COLOUR OF HYDROGEN


One Proton…and One Electron…is not enough anymore!


We probably all know that the element Hydrogen is made up from one Proton with a single Electron orbiting it. We may also know that it probably makes up most of normal matter in our Universe…something like 75%. Those interested in military and commercial history will recall that early airships used Hydrogen as the lifting gas in airships…but that it fell out of favour due to its high flammability. However, in a number of recent commodity and energy conferences I have had the opportunity to attend, most recently at ETW 2021 in London (live and virtual) also known by its full name as Energy Trading Week, the subject of Hydrogen has come up again… and again. At ETW 2021 it was as a fuel replacement for Natural Gas. The Port of Rotterdam is leading the way here with the setting up of a Hydrogen marketplace. However, this is an OTC marketplace and there are no derivatives exchanges as yet which have set up a futures market in Hydrogen, though the EEX has organised The EEX Hydrogen Working Group to set up a certification scheme. Elsewhere, in the fertiliser sector, Hydrogen is a feedstock in the production of Ammonia, which is in turn a feedstock for Urea production…and this is where the various Colours of Hydrogen make themselves known.


EACH COLOUR HAS A DIFFERENT PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COST…


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