#HydrogenHype
AUS small cap GreenHy2 claims DE H2 Core Systems GmbH deal to advance supercapacitor and hydrogen storage technologies.↙️
Only problem: #H2Core has no supercapacitor capability, just #hydrogen #electrolyzer & #H2 fuel cell #fuelcell tech.↘️
#oops #PumpAndDump
"It’s similar to so-called hydrogen-ready boilers. No house is capable of heating with 100% hydrogen yet — that would require home renovations, including changes to pipes and the addition of fairly large ventilation holes. What hydrogen-ready boilers do commit households to, however, is burning gas for years to come — even when the future of hydrogen for home heating is far from certain (and, in fact, is quite unlikely)."
Over the past few years, hydrogen has been transformed into a cornerstone of EU energy policy. Yet, oil and gas majors are taking advantage of the EU’s unrealistic targets for green hydrogen in order to sneak fossil-based hydrogen in through the back door.
Over the past few years, hydrogen has been transformed into a cornerstone of EU energy policy. Yet, oil and gas majors are taking advantage of the EU’s unrealistic targets for green hydrogen in order to sneak fossil-based hydrogen in through the back door, Belén Balanyá writes.
10 car queue.
1h 20 minute wait
40 minute round journey to the pump.
5 attempts to authenticate.
$132 to refill. 310 miles range.
Hydrogen Infrastructure Failure.
"With targets now set for the phase-out of #gas boilers in countries across #Europe, in recent years, gas companies in the #UK and the #EU have lobbied hard for #hydrogen over #HeatPumps – the model which offers the least disruption to their business model."
#HydrogenHype
https://www.desmog.com/2023/07/20/revealed-media-blitz-against-heat-pumps-funded-by-gas-lobby-group/
An energy trade association that represents and promotes gas boilers and manufacturers is behind a barrage of negative press attacking heat pumps, DeSmog has learned. Over the past two years, the Energy and Utilities Association (EUA) has paid a public affairs firm to generate hundreds of articles and interviews to lobby the UK government on […]
"The Biden administration's vision of low-carbon #hydrogen may run into a challenge that is itself exacerbated by #ClimateChange: #water scarcity."
#EnergyTransition #drought #HydrogenHype
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/bidens-green-hydrogen-plan-hits-climate-obstacle-water-shortage-2023-07-03/
The Biden administration's climate agenda is facing an unexpected challenge in drought-prone Corpus Christi, Texas, where a proposed clean hydrogen hub would require the installation of energy-intensive, expensive and potentially environmentally damaging seawater desalination plants.
The bottom line is in this lede:
"Strategy may end up prolonging use of polluting natural #gas
The process is inefficient (read: expensive to the user).
#Hydrogen is a corrosive gas; the fossil-gas infrastructure is not hydrogen-ready.
It's good for long-term #energy #storage (but again, you need large hydrogen-ready containers)
#EnergyTransition #HydrogenHype
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-01/threat-of-hydrogen-greenwashing-stalks-europe-s-net-zero-plans
European utilities are pushing to build power plants that would burn natural gas now and then be switched to burn clean hydrogen down the road. But the technology they’re depending on wastes energy and opens the door for accusations of greenwashing.
"European #utilities are pushing to build power plants that would burn natural #gas now and then be switched to burn clean #hydrogen down the road. But the technology they’re depending on wastes #energy and opens the door for accusations of #greenwashing."
This article points out all the flaws in this "plan".
It's almost as if .... they want to build gas plants and keep running them on fossil gas, amirite.
#HydrogenHype #EnergyTransition
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/02/business/hydrogen-plants-greenwashing-europe/
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