Hydrogen, the dream fuel17 Oct 2021 18:00
That is a headline in an article by Sir Jim Radcliffe, CEO of Ineos, which is the largest chemical multinational company.
According to Forbes 2021 his net worth is 15.6 billion ISD.
His article expounds the benefits of Hydrogen, especially green hydrogen, explaining that it can be used for heating, used in transport and for burning as fuel.
Although the article praises the use on electricity for propulsion, he explains difficulties/problems re heavy transport, giving the largest HGV's requiring a battery that weighs up to 8 tons.
This is where the huge advantage of hydrogen gains over pure EVs, both in less weight, fuel costs plus time refuelling, you don't want a line of 44 ton HGVs queuing to re-charge their batteries, where a hydrogen fuelled vehicle would take a similar time to re-fuel as a diesel. The same being true regarding buses (Sea transport is not mentioned, be we all can see the benefits).
Other countries are gaining in the hydrogen race, with Germany putting in £7.6bn, with Ineos itself investing £2bn.
The article concludes by stating that all areas needed for hydrogen to fulfil its potential, including production.
Its a shame that all areas of hydrogen production are mentioned, except hydrogen made from waste, which to my mind shows that the DMG system is still well under the radar.
Surely being the CEO of such a massive chemical company, Sir Jim knows of the PHE technology, so I presume that it has not been mentioned as it has not yet been fully proven.
And before anyone jumps at that comment, as a pessimist ( pessimists are never as disappointed as often as optimists) I am 95% confident that the first fully working, hydrogen producing DMG will work as, or exceeding expectations.
I must finish by saying, I have read more articles on the benefits of hydrogen over the last month, than the previous 6 months.