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THE RACE TOWARDS
A LIGHTER-THAN-AIR
ECONOMY
A new report from Edison’s Anne Margaret Crow, Director of TMT/
Industrials and Dan Gardiner, Director of Energy & Resource,
examines some of the prerequisites for the development of a thriving
hydrogen economy in Europe and globally
limate change remains at the top Sectors ripe for hydrogen storage and transportation make it an
of the global political agenda. decarbonisation ideal fit across these sectors. There
However, the net zero targets Hard to reach sectors such as is also scope for fuels cells to be used
committed to by numerous steelmaking, residential and in off-grid generation, distributed
C governments cannot be commercial heating, long-distance generation, and back-up power.
achieved without the use of renewable road freight, shipping and aviation, However, an understanding of the key
hydrogen. This is because while cheap have no obvious, low-cost, convenient market dynamics is critical for those
renewable power combined with alternatives to fossil fuels, and wishing to invest in the sector.
battery storage looks set to address collectively account for approximately
sections of the transport and power 34 per cent of global energy The tech behind green hydrogen
sectors, important gaps remain that consumption. Hydrogen’s high energy- The key technology underpinning
hydrogen is well suited to fill. to-mass ratio and low losses during the transition is the fuel cell, which
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