It’s not CCS versus Hydrogen or even Blue versus Green as the energy Transition gathers pace. This week there has been enthusiastic applause for those opposed to any transition in Texas but more widely there is a realisation that it will happen – its perhaps the pace and form which are harder to determine.
One unintended consequence of my piece – still out there; https://energycentral.com/c/cp/gulf-mexico-leasing-round-offshore-wind-and-hydrogen was a stateside realisation in some quarters of my being ahead of the pack. It’s a reason why invitations to such forums as Adipec and Davos are increasingly frequent.
Since that notorious trailblazing article, numerous invitations from Texas and US stakeholders to help to drive things forward. Here’s a BOEM update, for example, on the Gulf of Mexico CCS & Hydrogen activities.
As with project Acorn in Scotland, efforts are in train to repurpose expended oil and gas reservoirs and see who gets what around the associated – but not the same – requirements of the nascent Carbon Capture and Storage and Hydrogen Storage sectors.
Acorn has itself endured chequered years, although similar synergies are also being explored in the Northern-lights scheme off the coast of Norway.
Houston and Texas are identified as home to five potential hydrogen hubs in the State and will stimulate further debate in a city which aspires to global leadership.
We will see whether the adage of ‘everything is bigger in Texas’ comes to pass.
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