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For those that are interested, the Hydrogen Council recently published its path to competitiveness.
"Hydrogen competitiveness depends greatly on the region. It will play a critical role in decarbonising hard-to-abate industry segments, especially when no nearby direct use clean power alternatives or CCS are available, or prove more expensive. These segments may include long-haul transport, industrial feedstock, power generation from turbines, and industrial heating. Where low-carbon options exist for these segments, they typically require either availability of CO2 storage or significant amounts of biomass. Local conditions will influence competitiveness rankings. Regions with access to abundant lowcost clean power, biomass or CO2 storage will present tougher conditions for hydrogen, especially where direct electrification is an option. For example, heat pumps may work better in some locations compared to building a full hydrogen pipeline network if there is a strong electricity grid, good access to clean electricity and an absence of an existing natural gas network. The same applies to remote power generation where abundant local renewable energy may be preferred over hydrogen generators. In regions with easy access to carbon storage, hydrogen will also face tough competition whenever fossil fuels with CCS are the alternative, like industrial heating or steel production."
"Hydrogen competitiveness depends greatly on the region. It will play a critical role in decarbonising hard-to-abate industry segments, especially when no nearby direct use clean power alternatives or CCS are available, or prove more expensive. These segments may include long-haul transport, industrial feedstock, power generation from turbines, and industrial heating. Where low-carbon options exist for these segments, they typically require either availability of CO2 storage or significant amounts of biomass. Local conditions will influence competitiveness rankings. Regions with access to abundant lowcost clean power, biomass or CO2 storage will present tougher conditions for hydrogen, especially where direct electrification is an option. For example, heat pumps may work better in some locations compared to building a full hydrogen pipeline network if there is a strong electricity grid, good access to clean electricity and an absence of an existing natural gas network. The same applies to remote power generation where abundant local renewable energy may be preferred over hydrogen generators. In regions with easy access to carbon storage, hydrogen will also face tough competition whenever fossil fuels with CCS are the alternative, like industrial heating or steel production."
