RC104 JanFeb2023 - Magazine - Page 36
ENERGY
“So, while hydrogen may be able to replace that 25 per cent
of global energy demand in the next 13 years, it won’t simply
come from hydrogen produced using wind and solar.”
pretty good but, most importantly, is steadily improving.
As we develop more hydrogen infrastructure, there is
industry confidence that the continued refinement of the
technology will continue to improve that conversion rate.
Third, there is a social concern that this is a ‘hoodwinking’, a ploy by the oil and gas industry to continue to burn
fossil fuels but in a greener way. This is a real red herring.
The fact is, there is a need for the major energy companies
involved in, what is, the largest energy transition in global
history. Having them involved is inevitable. Their decades
of innovation and technical knowledge is invaluable to
not only a successful energy transition but the continuity
of modern society—from agriculture to electronics. Major
energy companies create products that end up touching every aspect of our lives, not just with electrons and
molecules. Cleaner fossil fuels like natural gas are needed
to bridge the decades we need to understand how to work
with cleaner, greener fuels and products.
Building our hydrogen mix
Blue hydrogen, and green hydrogen, aren’t the only types
that needs to play a role in the overall mix. Pink hydrogen
(produced using nuclear energy) will also factor into the
hydrogen mix, both nationally and globally, depending
on the resources available in that region. In the future, we
could also see the development of turquoise hydrogen,
made through methane pyrolysis to produce hydrogen
and solid carbon, but this technology has yet to be proven
at scale.
Again, it will really come down to feedstock availability.
Some regions, both in Canada and around the world, will
have the resources to best utilize some form of hydrogen
as their primary source of green energy production. But
in other jurisdictions, it will be a ramping up of some
other form of renewable energy resource, such as nuclear,
hydroelectric, wind or solar, that will provide the localized
solution for the green energy transition.
We’ve yet to discover a panacea for transitioning off of
fossil fuels globally. But we do know that hydrogen is a key
resource that must be as part of our green energy mix.
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