Exciting gigawatt-scale hydrogen production projects across Africa, SLR reports

To combat climate change, the world needs green molecules in addition to green electrons. “If we look how the economy is carbonised, an electron can only decarbonise between 60% to 70% of the economy,” SLR Consulting Power Sector Lead Middle East and Africa Stuart Heather-Clark points out. Only green molecules are able to decarbonise the remaining 40% to 30% – and these molecules can be provided in the form of green hydrogen. Making green steel, for instance, needs green molecules to remove the oxygen from the iron oxide and “instead of throwing a carbon atom in there, you throw in a hydrogen atom, so you're decarbonising through a chemical process,” Heather-Clark explains. It is also molecules that are needed to provide safe decarbonised aviation fuel because having heavy batteries in “jumbo jets” is a non-starter. Full article: https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/art...