Green Hydrogen Could Be A Game Changer By Displacing Fossil Fuels – We Just Need the Price to Come Down
s the global economy moves away from fossil fuels, green hydrogen could be critical to achieving a zero-carbon world by 2050.
Green hydrogen offers a solution to decarbonising “hard-to-abate” industries such as steel and fertiliser production, heavy-duty transport and shipping. Recent announcements by high-emitting countries suggest the switch to green hydrogen might be greater and come sooner than expected.
Focus On New Gas Options, Says NMU Development Expert
SA needs to differentiate between different sorts of gas as it looks to develop a new gas sector, social and environmental activist Janet Cherry says.
“It’s important to distinguish between new gas exploitation, for example of offshore gas and shale gas, which are fossil fuels, and ‘new gases’ like green hydrogen or green ammonia, which are not fossil fuels.
“We should not be encouraging ‘fossil gas’, but this does not mean that the regional or provincial economy cannot sustainably develop based on renewable energy and ‘new gas’.”
Six Areas Where Action Must Focus to Rescue this Planet
It is essential to reduce demand for energy by increasing energy productivity. That means getting more energy services – heating, cooling, lighting, transport, electricity and mechanical work – out of less primary energy. Fossil fuels are the largest sources of heat-trapping carbon dioxide and methane, and must be replaced.
Exxaro Resources Ltd
Exxaro has listed on the Socially Responsible Index, and intends to leave a positive legacy in each area around its mines.