Can blue #hydrogen solve clean hydrogen's challenges? In a new blog, experts Paul Martin & Arnout Everts break down why blue hydrogen simply isn't worth the cost without strong emission standards.
Read the blog 👇
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📄 New HSC briefing: The UK's last hydrogen heating trial in Fife, Scotland will increase energy bills.
Read the full briefing on our website, summarising the evidence with recommendations for the Scottish and UK governments 👇
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For our Dutch-speaking followers: De twee Nederlandse leden van de Hydrogen Science Coalition schreven een brief aan de Tweede-Kamer Commissie voor Klimaat en Groene Groei. U kunt deze hier lezen 👇
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Since the HSC was founded, we have held a consistent position: green #hydrogen is a niche energy transition solution, needed in just a handful of industries without other decarbonisation options. Four years on, real-world results continue to validate this.
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Can we ship hydrogen across oceans? Germany & Canada bet €400m on it this week - but science suggests otherwise. Our member Paul Martin explains why long-distance #hydrogen trade is a last resort in this blog post:
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Costly hydrogen buses are gathering dust in depots. Professor David Cebon, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight, explains the lessons for local authorities choosing between hydrogen and electrification – and why the decision may already be made.
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📄 New hydrogen research: A year after writing our popular blog post 'Everything you need to know about natural or geologic hydrogen', our member Arnout Everts has published its findings in a peer-reviewed journal alongside co-authors.
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The evidence is clearcut: no further public funds should be directed towards hydrogen vehicles. Any hydrogen support should focus on decarbonising existing use by industry of polluting hydrogen made from fossil fuels. (6/6)
The UK’s influential Climate Change Committee said this year it sees “no role” for hydrogen in powering road transport. By 2050, all road transport will convert to electric vehicles - including heavy goods vehicles. (5/6)
The problem? A lack of reliable hydrogen supply, technical issues and high maintenance costs.
Clean, green hydrogen made from renewable electricity is in scarce supply globally. Using it to fuel vehicles that can instead be directly electrified is a low priority. (4/6)
“There’s been a lot of hydrogen bus trials that have failed. I don’t know of any electric bus trials that have failed.” - Tom Baxter, visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering at Strathclyde University. (3/6)
“I’ve got a list of 27 failed hydrogen bus projects around the world and it’s just the same story again and again.” - @davidcebon.bsky.social, Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Cambridge University and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Road Freight. (2/6)
🧵 Costly hydrogen bus trials have been taking place in the UK for 20 years. Our members David Cebon & Tom Baxter spoke to @theipaper.com about why so many of these vehicles remain stuck in depots, from Liverpool and Birmingham to Aberdeen. (1/6)
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Hype continues to surround natural hydrogen. Our member Arnout Everts explained to @cnbc.com why, with exploration still at an embryonic stage, it risks distracting focus from the renewable hydrogen needed to decarbonise industry today.
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You can read more about our principles on our website:
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📄 New hydrogen research: A peer-reviewed Nature paper, unpacking realistic roles for hydrogen in the energy transition, is a comprehensive overview that largely reinforces the Hydrogen Science Coalition’s five principles.
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Instead, the focus should shift toward green hydrogen produced from renewable energy — supporting local industries, like fertiliser and steel production, that lack other viable decarbonisation options. (4/4)
Turning away from unrealistic export projects like this presents a real opportunity for Australia to rethink its hydrogen strategy. (3/4)
Decision makers in Australia look to be digesting the reality that using fossil fuels to make hydrogen, shipping it halfway across the world and deploying it in sectors that can otherwise be directly electrified is about as emissions-intensive, energy inefficient and uneconomic as you can get. (2/4)
🧵 A billion-dollar attempt to ship liquid hydrogen from Australia to Japan has hit a major snag, and our member @davidcebon.bsky.social spoke to @afpnews.bsky.social about why this isn't a surprise. (1/4)
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⬜ What about geologic hydrogen, found occurring naturally? Current global geologic hydrogen extraction is roughly equal to the power in a single wind turbine. None detected to date is commercially exploitable. (4/4)
🟦 What about blue hydrogen, made from natural gas with carbon capture and storage? Blue hydrogen plants generally remove only 50%–60% of the overall plant-wide CO2 emissions produced. (3/4)
🟩 Green direct electrification is usually much cheaper than green hydrogen. As a result, green hydrogen may only be a useful decarbonization strategy if it's made where electricity is 100% green and inexpensive, and green hydrogen replaces fossil fuel hydrogen. (2/4)
JP Morgan's 15th annual energy paper's bottom line on hydrogen? Read on for the key takeaways from this paper, which cites the work of the Hydrogen Science Coalition 👇 (1/4)
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With a UK government decision pending on hydrogen heating, and a trial still scheduled in the Scottish town of Fife, it is now more critical than ever to base policy on sound scientific evidence, which has never been more clear-cut. (6/6)
Heat pumps will dominate the decarbonisation of heating in buildings by 2040, according to the CCC, and by 2050, all road transport will convert to electric vehicles - including heavy goods vehicles, where the CCC previously thought hydrogen may play some role. (5/6)
The CCC's latest advice highlights the limited role hydrogen will play in decarbonisation, focused on targeted industrial sectors that lack alternative options like electrification. (4/6)
As independent academics, scientists and engineers working to provide an evidence-based view on hydrogen's role in the energy transition, we're glad to see new recommendations rooted in scientific evidence that provide clear direction for policymakers. (3/6)
The CCC is the UK government's influential and independent net zero advisor. Its latest advice on hydrogen, published today in its Seventh Carbon Budget report, closely aligns with the HSC's long-standing principles. (2/6)
📄 "No role" for #hydrogen in heating homes or powering road transport, concludes the UK Climate Change Committee today. (1/6)
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