Originally published in Hydrocarbon Processing, October 2023
Green, blue, pink, yellow or white: regardless of its color, low-carbon hydrogen (H2) will play a significant role in the energy transition and the future of transportation. Decreasing the capital expenditure (CAPEX) and operational expenditure (OPEX) of clean H2 production remains challenging.
Electrolyzer manufacturers are building giga-factories to decrease the cost of stacks, but traditional H2 players tend to rely on carbon capture in huge-scale H2 plants. Not only is there pressure to produce cost-competitive, low-carbon H2 at scale, but new applications also call for ultra-pure H2.
