Hydrogen | Scotland

Hydrogen | Scotland

Renewable hydrogen is attracting considerable attention from governments and corporations globally due to the potential of the fuel to deliver energy security with zero emissions. Factors that have intensified interest in hydrogen include the pathway to net zero by 2050 and the global energy crisis, which has exposed insecurities in existing supplies.

A zero-emission fuel that can be produced in a variety of locations from water using electrolysis, powered by renewable energy, and resulting in no emissions means that renewable hydrogen – also known as green hydrogen – is of considerable appeal. However, it is a misconception to think of hydrogen as a like-for-like replacement for oil & gas that will have a similar number of applications.

Hydrogen is a versatile energy vector but is best suited to certain sectors, particularly heavy industries that are more difficult to decarbonise such as freight transport and steel manufacturing. Hydrogen is also an important feedstock for many industrial chemical processes and existing hydrogen use must be decarbonised quickly using renewable and low-carbon hydrogen

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