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The colour of hydrogen


By Jonathan Newell, Editor


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n August, the UK Government kicked off its Hydrogen Strategy, which forecasts nearly £1 billion in investment and 9,000 high- quality jobs by 2030 as it includes hydrogen in its bid to reach net zero emissions by 2050.


Announcing the plan, the business and energy secretary, Kwasi


Kwarteng, expressed his belief that hydrogen could be providing the power for millions of homes as well as transport and heavy in- dustry by the end of the decade. The news has been met with a mixture of delight and scepticism amongst industry pundits. According to John Mullen, UK energy market director at Ramboll, hydrogen is not the silver bullet it is often presented as. “Relying on this alone will not solve the UK’s challenge when it


comes to meeting its net zero targets as it will only hold around 5-10 per cent of the UK’s energy mix and we cannot take our eye off broader investment and support for renewable energies,” he says. There is also some confusion over the so-called “twin-track” ap-


proach mentioned in the announcement in which the strategy will pursue both blue and green hydrogen routes. Blue hydrogen is pro- duced from natural gas with carbon dioxide as a by-product and therefore giving questionable benefits in the road to carbon neu- trality. Green hydrogen production does not require the burning of fossil fuels so holds a more strategic place in the overall strategy. Green hydrogen is much more difficult and expensive to produce and Mullen believes the twin-track approach will need to be closely monitored as blue hydrogen and carbon capture are incredibly in- efficient processes and the only justification for their use is to allow for the transition to a green hydrogen world. “Blue hydrogen could be used to support business cases to im- plement new hydrogen infrastructure. However, the government needs to put a cap on the greenhouse gasses produced and place a deadline for the end of all blue hydrogen production to be replaced by green hydrogen in the next 10 to 15 years,” concludes Mullen. As with all new strategies, the details still need to be worked out fully to ensure the best approach but hydrogen now looks set to hold a strong position in the UK’s future, whatever its colour.


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