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This gas is always greener
The potential of hydrogen as a green alternative fuel source can’t be overstated, and the mining industry is gradually moving to embrace it. Nicholas Kenny hears from Andrew Stuart, president and CEO of Hydrogen Optimized, and Bob Oliver, CEO of H2GO Canada, about the benefi ts of this fuel source and the ways in which it can enhance mining operations while reducing their carbon output.
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hile COP26 dominated much of the conversation around energy and the need to decarbonise heavy industry in the latter
part of 2021, the conference’s remit was broad, and many key developments went largely unnoticed around its edges. Despite receiving little high-level attention by much of the media, a number of important agreements were reached regarding an energy source with massive potential – hydrogen. That’s not to say that it went entirely undiscussed, of course. Shortly before the conference in Glasgow, Scotland, Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) announced plans to produce 15 million tonnes of green hydrogen per year by 2030, with the iron ore mining
giant’s renewable energy branch evidently looking to get on top of rising global demand. Similarly, the UN climate change conference saw a number of other agreements in this area. Chile announced its intention to produce the world’s cheapest green hydrogen by 2030. The UAE announced a new hydrogen strategy that aims to supply one-quarter of the world’s hydrogen market by 2030, while Japan declared that it will invest $100m to transform fossil- fuel plants into ones based on ammonia and hydrogen.
The path to decarbonisation The reason for these developments isn’t hard to see, particularly as conversations around the need
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