Electric Hydrogen will use massive plants powered by renewable energy to target a global hydrogen market worth more than $120 billion.the arsenal of solutions to curb carbon emissions that are cooking the planet and warping weather patterns, none holds more promise than energy-rich green hydrogen — made from just water and electricity. But it’s much costlier than the fossil fuel-generated variety that accounts for nearly all of a global hydrogen market worth more than $120 billion.
The U.S. uses at least 10 million metric tons of hydrogen a year, virtually all made by steaming it out of natural gas. It’s a highly carbon-intensive process, generating at least 8 kilograms of CO2 for every kilogram of hydrogen produced, Garabedian and Eaglesham, past CTOs for First Solar, aren’t troubled by that. “In the long-term, there’s going to be a lot of additionality,” said Garabedian. “Worrying about that in the short term is a red herring.”ydrogen has a long history as a potential clean energy game-changer, but run into technical challenges over the past two decades. It’s the universe’s most abundant element, but not cheap to make from carbon-free sources and costly to compress, store and move.
To change that, Electric Hydrogen created a standardized hydrogen plant design that combines high-powered electrolyzers with gas separation tanks, power, thermal management and water treatment systems. The membranes its electrolyzers use are sourced from high-volume manufacturers that make them for things like chemical processes and water filtration, a cheaper option than creating an entirely new design, Garabedian said.
“You should not have incentives that propagate the life of coal to make clean hydrogen. That's just silly on every level,” said Webber, who’s also CTO for cleantech investor Energy Impact Partners, which is backing Electric Hydrogen. A final version of the guidelines is expected this year. “I think it'll be up to the Electric Hydrogens of the world and others to say ‘we can meet these rules.’”, which wants to start using Electric Hydrogen’s technology late this year in Beaumont, Texas.
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