The Potential for Clean Hydrogen in the Carolinas

In October 2021, the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI) convened a public workshop and private roundtable to explore the concept of a clean hydrogen hub as a decarbonization pathway and driver of economic growth for North Carolina and South Carolina. The workshops, part of a series to develop a comprehensive analysis of policy opportunities for further hydrogen development in the United States, demonstrate that hydrogen holds promise to develop a future clean energy economy in the Carolinas. This report, The Potential for Clean Hydrogen in the Carolinas, outlines key takeaways from these workshops.…

Why Supporting Hydrogen in Build Back Better is Good for the Climate

Six reasons that the hydrogen production tax credit (PTC) in the Build Back Better Act (BBBA) is good policy and essential to kickstart full decarbonization.…

Hydrogen: Critical Decarbonization Element for the Grid, Manufacturing, and Transportation: State Energy Policy, Program, and Planning Considerations

Hydrogen offers potential pathways for decarbonizing the electricity system, hard-to-electrify industrial and heating applications, and heavy transportation. It can provide large-scale and long-duration energy storage to balance variable power generation and demand. Hydrogen offers non-carbon paths as both energy and material input for ammonia, steel, fuels, and other production. It can be made from non-carbon renewable and nuclear generation as well as from fossil fuel sources that can be coupled with carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). There are economic development opportunities for new technologies, processes, and applications as well as to leverage and adapt some …

Fueling the Transition: Accelerating Cost-Competitive Green Hydrogen

Green hydrogen production costs could fall below $2 per kilogram in many locations in the next five years. This zero-carbon fuel will be critical to decarbonizing some of the hardest-to-abate sectors, such as shipping and steelmaking. Achieving the crucial $2/kg target for cost-competitiveness will enable decarbonization of multiple sectors and play an important role in aligning the globe to a pathway that limits warming to 1.5°C.

RMI’s report, Fueling the Transition: Accelerating Cost-Competitive Green Hydrogen, analyzes the cost reduction opportunity and the critical enabling tools required to bring cost-competitive green hydrogen to market this decade. This report is intended for …

The Role of Blockchain in Green Hydrogen Value Chains

A rainbow of colors currently dominates almost every conversation on the transition to a low-carbon economy: green, grey, blue, turquoise, pink, yellow – an ever-increasing palette to describe the same colorless, odorless, and highly combustible molecule, hydrogen. The only difference is the chemical process used to produce it.

The colors of hydrogen are crucial for the energy transition because each production pathway generates different amounts of greenhouse gas emissions. For example, while grey hydrogen, produced from fossil fuels, yields up to 20 tons of carbon dioxide per ton of hydrogen, green hydrogen, produced from renewable energy sources like solar and …

The Role of Solid Oxide Technology in the Hydrogen Economy: A Primer

With today’s climate crisis looming large, the energy industry is at a critical juncture and must rapidly evolve its approach to catalyze change and accelerate decarbonization. As countries commit to net-zero emissions goals, the need for hydrogen is becoming clear. However, despite escalating interest and growing momentum, the market is still in its early stages. Most would argue that the successful transition to a hydrogen economy, and our best chance for a net-zero future, hinges on the following: can clean hydrogen be produced efficiently, cost-effectively, and at scale?

That’s where Bloom Energy comes in.

At Bloom Energy, we aren’t just …

Blue Hydrogen in a Low-Carbon Energy Future

In this brief we explore the greenhouse gas footprint of different blue hydrogen processes and supply chains.…

Offshore Wind to Green Hydrogen: Insights from Europe

This report provides an overview of the plans, strategies, proposals, and challenges for the development of green hydrogen from offshore wind generation in Europe. It describes the current policy drivers facilitating its development, as well as potential future support mechanisms, value streams, and market barriers. It examines the cost, safety, and emissions impacts of green hydrogen admixtures. It includes case studies of European hydrogen strategies and pilot projects.

The report concludes with implications for the US. It notes that the US is at a much earlier stage of offshore wind development than Europe and that US wind farms’ output will …

Coal and Carbon Management Guidebook: Coal-to-Hydrogen Opportunities and Challenges

This report is prepared for use by State Utility Regulators in support of their efforts to ensure safe, reliable, resilient energy services for their states, as well as additional energy stakeholders, such as federal regulators, utilities, environmental advocates, state legislators and energy officials, and the public. Contents of the report and the information included are mostly derived from documents developed and published by a variety of public and private sector organizations and numerous other reference sources listed in the footnotes.

Key elements of this report include coal-to-hydrogen production in the context of the U.S. hydrogen market; the state of various …

Policy Recommendations to Accelerate Hydrogen Deployment for a 1.5°C Scenario

The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and 20 member companies today unveil a set of essential policy recommendations to accelerate the deployment of hydrogen with the lowest possible carbon intensity and create a global hydrogen market.

The policy recommendations have been developed to provide governments worldwide with solutions to address the issues regarding the cost and implementation of hydrogen with the lowest possible carbon intensity.…