We already knew before the crisis that we also need major private investment in key sectors and technologies: from 5G to Artificial Intelligence, rom clean hydrogen to offshore renewable energy.This crisis has only made the need greater than it was before.
n addition to the ZSW, the four OEMS, BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen as well as various suppliers (see infobox) are participating. Audi has also recently joined, responsible for developing FC brands in the Volkswagen company.
Interview with Bart Biebuyck, head of Europe’sprime hydrogen initiative.
Green hydrogen won’t solve all our problems. In the short term, stimulus money is probably best spent on humdrum activities that get less-skilled labor moving, such as insulating houses and installing them with solar panels. In the long term, though, hydrogen offers a way out of our triple crisis of weak post-coronavirus demand, a foundering energy sector, and climate change.
As well as assessing alternative renewable technologies such as power-to-methane, the white paper looks at power-to-hydrogen to help California achieve its goals.