Hydrogen is a controversial part of decarbonization energy plans. Here’s how hydrogen works and why the way it is produced matters.
Tesla asks employees to fight policy proposal that would make rooftop solar more expensive in CaliforniaHydrogen is already a key component of chemical industrial processes and in the steel industry. So making clean hydrogen to use in those industrial processes is critical to reducing carbon emissions, saysBut as an energy source itself, hydrogen's big advantage is its versatility according to"It's often called the Swiss Army knife of energy," she says.
Hydrogen can also be used as a way to store energy from intermittent renewable sources, which are intermittent -- the sun isn't always shining and the wind isn't always blowing. Instead, utilities can convert the excess energy into hydrogen and then use it for energy later on, as an alternative to battery storage.
Last June, the Department of Energy launched a program called the Hydrogen Shot, which aims to reduce the cost of clean hydrogen to $1 per one kilogram in one decade.
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