Analysis: Five takeaways from Hydrogen Insights 2024
The Hydrogen Council’s latest Hydrogen Insights report delivered some much-needed positivity for the industry, whilst also bringing an equally needed sense of reality.
The Hydrogen Council’s latest Hydrogen Insights report delivered some much-needed positivity for the industry, whilst also bringing an equally needed sense of reality.
Final investment decisions (FIDs) on clean hydrogen projects have surged by 90% since last October, but a $335bn financing gap might have put 2030 ambitions out of reach, according to the Hydrogen Council’s latest report.
“Low-carbon energy sources are set to grow, but not currently fast enough to meet Net Zero goals due to business case viability and other challenges,” the report reads.
To ensure that hydrogen remains safe, gas detectors and flame detectors are used as the primary tools among many layers of a detection system, writes Cristin Krause, Global Marketing Manager at Dräger Safety.
The real challenge lies in transforming electrolyser manufacturing from an industrial batch process into a streamlined, scalable operation, writes Leanne Halliday, LRQA Territory Manager for Oceania.
Shaifali Sood, Hydrogen Consultant at Ricardo, explores the importance of water as a business risk in green hydrogen that must be planned for and managed from the outset – not treated as an afterthought…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will finance a pilot hydrogen generation facility in Uzbekistan to support the decarbonisation of fertiliser production.
By-product oxygen from green hydrogen generation, when combined with wire mesh filtration, could play a pivotal role in wastewater treatment, according to a new whitepaper by Haver & Boecker.
KBR will assist in the development of 25GW of green hydrogen and 17GW of renewable energy planned under Kuwait’s national strategy.
Air Products will acquire Saneg’s hydrogen production assets at the Fergana Oil Refinery in Uzbekistan for a reported $140m.
