Cutting-edge green energy technologies in the Yorkshire and Humber region could create thousands of jobs and boost the economy, according to a report for the owner of the UK's largest power station.
Thereโs a danger that the deployment of hydrogen technology could be impacted by wider โgovernment indecisionโ around what the future energy mix will look like.
As more operators and equipment manufacturers like turbine manufacturer Vestas take the carbon neutral pledge, ship designer and builder Ulstein, of Norway, is doing its bit by offering zero-emissions vessel designs to the offshore energy marketplace.
By Corin Taylor, principal consultant, Energy Transition team, DNV GL โ Oil & Gas and chair of the Decarbonised Gas Alliance
Hydrogen will play a key role in our transition to clean energy over the coming decades as it takes a priority position in the oil and gas industryโs decarbonisation efforts. In 2020, we have seen slower industry activity and a reduced oil price, but net-zero carbon targets and broad societal support for them remain.
Highland industries may start switching from traditional power sources to โgreenโ hydrogen within three years under an ambitious plan that would establish the area as a โglobal forerunnerโ in large-scale production of the fuel.
An ambitious hydrogen project in western Australia that seeks to become the worldโs largest renewable energy export facility got a boost by winning major project status from the government.
Total remains committed to developing hydrocarbon resources, but the cost must be sufficiently low to survive in a world of lower prices, the companyโs chairman and CEO Patrick Pouyannรฉ has said.
My sources are indicating that the UK Governmentโs Energy White paper will make much of the role of hydrogen, particularly as a replacement fuel for space heating.
Twelve leading companies and organisations across the Humber have jointly submitted a bid worth around ยฃ75 million to accelerate decarbonisation in the UKโs most carbon intensive industrial region.