Hydrogen 101: Challenges and opportunities of hydrogen as a zero-emission energy carrier

There is an important conversation happening right now in Alberta and across the country about the role of hydrogen in our zero-emission future. With new projects and pilots announced seemingly every week, and debates about production techniques and distribution methods happening every day, it’s all too easy for even those of us who live and breathe hydrogen to get lost in the weeds of technical documents and economic analysis.
That’s why we’re taking a step back to review the fundamentals. On March 14, Dr. David Layzell, the Energy Systems Architect for the Transition Accelerator and one of Canada’s leading experts on the hydrogen value chain, will walk us through Hydrogen 101, explaining why hydrogen has captured the attention of industry and policymakers. Using the latest independent research and analysis, this webinar will provide a solid foundation for thinking strategically about hydrogen and its uses-the kind of foundation that’s essential to any productive conversation about our future clean-energy system.
Hydrogen 101 is the first of four webinars hosted by Dr. Layzell to provide a high-level understanding of the hydrogen opportunity. After this general introduction, he will be discussing hydrogen’s role in transportation in June, heating applications in September, and hydrogen exports in December. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter for registration details for those future sessions.

[@terenceiutzi4003]

How on earth do you expect to extract it without massive pollution?

[@sjsomething4936]

I too am unclear exactly what will power these hydrogen extraction processes, I’m interested in understanding if it is a legitimate method of storing energy or just another dead end being touted by the FF energy with reasonable sounding presentations. The current FF production processes release alarming amounts of “waste” methane and there is no real enforcement of the violators. If the same is to happen with “blue” hydrogen production then we’ll be looking at expensive alternatives to gasoline, natgas and so on and still producing more CO2 than we intended. I also question whether the cost of the infrastructure to realistically deliver an H2 economy is less than massively spending on ultra energy efficient homes and heat pumps.

[@Mikey-mike]

I am a physicist, retired, and worked at NASA in the USA and Linde AG in Germany on hydrogen propulsion. Hydrogen is not an energy source but is an energy store. Hydrogen leaks and eats through everything. Please stop wasting your time on hydrogen. Also, battery and wind mills and solar will require a 7000 times increase in mining and manufacturing, all requiring fossil fuel, to build and maintain. Also, nuclear is prohibitively expensive and this does not include to cost of waste storeage. Stop being in denial. This is peak oil, the end of the fossil fuel roller coaster ride.

[@JC-kb8vb]

Yawn.

[@terenceiutzi4003]

Can you contain it at room temperature without using extremely toxic suspensions?

[@sjsomething4936]

On social media, everyone is a retired NASA scientist it seems. You stated quite a lot of points, and have nothing to support most of them. You also don’t suggest any answers or solutions other than to continue burning fossil fuels. So why not just GTFO if you don’t have anything productive to add? I’m more inclined to believe that you’re in fact a petroleum industry troll, or just a troll in general.