Full Title: Hydrogen Policy’s Narrow Path: Delusions And Solutions: Hydrogen for Industrial Process Heat
Author(s): Energy Innovation
Publisher(s): Energy Innovation
Publication Date: September 2, 2024
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Description (excerpt):
More than 90 percent of combustible fuel use in U.S. industry (i.e., excluding fuels used as feedstocks) is used to provide heat to alter materials or manufacture goods. Different industrial processes require different temperatures of heat, categorized loosely as low (below 100-200°C), medium (from 100-200°C to 500°C), and high (above 500°C). Particularly for highheat processes needed to make steel, cement, glass, and chemicals, industrial stakeholders often look to lower-carbon fuels like hydrogen to reduce their emissions. This is because hydrogen readily achieves high temperatures and—as a fuel—is a more familiar concept that might not require as many changes to equipment and processes (relative to electrification).
This fact sheet is part of an Energy Innovation paper assessing clean hydrogen’s value for cutting climate pollution from 12 end uses.