Episode 561: hydrogen could hold the key to low carbon chemicals

Hydrogen could play a key role in lowering the chemical industry’s carbon footprint thanks to use of renewable energy and carbon storage.
- Hydrogen could become important for low carbon chemical production
- Grey hydrogen uses natural gas as a feedstock and is very carbon-intensive
- Blue hydrogen uses natural gas but stores carbon dioxide
- Green hydrogen uses renewable energy to extract hydrogen from water – zero emissions
- BASF, Solvay, Evonik leading in Europe
- EU Green Deal, Joe Biden may push hydrogen
- Converting hydrogen to ammonia makes it easy to transport
- Force majeures, outages caused by lack of plant maintenance
- Global supply chains not fit for purpose
- China’s “two sessions” have major implications for chemicals
- China’s dual circulation policy aims to reduce debt reliance