Hydrogen

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a hydrogen refueling station in Quebec City with with the government of Quebec showering it with Canadian money

Quebec Hydrogen Fleet After Four Years: $500 Per Kg Hydrogen, & No One Used Them

A year ago, I was having fun with the Odyssey of the Hydrogen Fleet, a tragicomedy in six parts. One of the many enactments of this tragicomedy had left Act 5, where the hydrogen fleet is permanently parked. The provincial government of Quebec quietly returned roughly 50 fuel cell cars … [continued]

Slide from ISGF India utility professional seminar on hydrogen for energy by Michael Barnard, Chief Strategist, TFIE Strategy

Hydrogen for Energy Serves Fossil Fuel Interests, Not Climate Change or Economy

The long-running seminar series for India’s utility professionals through the India Smart Grid Forum closed with hydrogen. The hype glitter is starting to tarnish, but there is still a lot of substance-less shiny noise around the molecule. To that end, I stepped through the challenges and why hydrogen is virtually … [continued]

A hydrogen storage unit. (Photo from hydrogennewsletter.com)

The Hydrogen Economy In America Faces A Number Of Challenges

The basic facts about hydrogen are well known. It has the ability to significantly reduce emissions from the steel and cement industries. As a power source, it creates no waste products other than water and heat. While the US struggles to find ways to reduce its carbon and methane emissions, … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of Hong Kong strangled by gas and hydrogen pipelines with thin green paint dripping off of them

Hong Kong’s Climate & Hydrogen Plans Were Captured By Its TownGas Utility

Recently John Haffner, responsible for sustainability at Hong Kong’s US$1.4 billion annual revenue Hang Lung Property Group, reached out to me. ReThink HK, which bills itself as Hong Kong’s best-attended and most ambitious business event for sustainable development, was hosting a debate he would be part of in front of … [continued]

ChatGPT generated panoramic image of a hydrogen tram, off the tracks, sitting rusting in a field with some garbage and weeds

Foshan’s Hydrogen Transportation Market Strategy Derailed By Battery Dominance

At the beginning of the year, I highlighted a few epicenters of hydrogen folly, cities or states that decided at some point in the past that hydrogen was the molecule they were going to double down on. Today, news arose of the inevitable failure of one of the signature hydrogen … [continued]

ChatGPT & Dall-E generated panoramic image visually captures the metaphor of green hydrogen being akin to Champagne, highlighting their shared attributes of rarity and value.

Europe Is Leading on Green Hydrogen. The US Will Follow Soon After.

We’ve seen this cycle before many times in renewable energy development — European adoption serves as a leading indicator of U.S. demand. By Jacob Susman, CEO of Ambient Fuels The past few months have seen a flurry of final investment decision announcements for green hydrogen projects in Europe. While the … [continued]