Blue Hydrogen

 

Blue Hydrogen

"Blue" hydrogen -- an energy source that involves a process of making hydrogen by using methane in natural gas -- is being lauded as a clean, green energy to help reduce global warming. But Cornell and Stanford University researchers believe it may harm the climate more than burning fossil fuel.

Carbon capture technology at hydrogen plants prevents CO2 from being released allowing it to be stored or used in other industrial processes.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Clean Coal Coal Treatment

Image
  Clean Coal Coal Treatment Cleaning coal prior to combustion  can significantly reduce the levels of sulphur emissions from a power plant as well as reducing the amount of ash and slag produced . Physical cleaning, as outlined above, can have a beneficial effect on plant performance and maintenance schedules. Clean coal is almost an oxymoron . To be completely pollution-free, the CO2 from burning coal would have to be captured and disposed of, and that is expensive and requires a lot of power and equipment. Coal cleaning is a process by which impurities such as  sulfur, ash, and rock  are removed from coal to upgrade its value. Coal cleaning processes are categorized as either physical cleaning or chemical cleaning.
Read more

World Nuclear Association

  The World Nuclear Association forecasts a 55% growth in nuclear power to 2040. Pro-nuclear catalysts include growing energy needs, climate goals, and major government policy shifts in favor of advanced nuclear reactors. America produced only 21,000 pounds of yellowcake uranium in 2021 - a tiny fraction of what we need. Just consider that a typical reactor needs around 200 tons of uranium every year. To offset this deficit, the U.S. purchases more than 45 million pounds of enriched uranium each year, with nearly half coming from Russian state-owned entities - our geopolitical foes. With so many factors working in its favor, experts believe the nuclear comeback will breathe new life into the dormant domestic uranium industry - and may lead to a new bull market for the metal.
Read more

Compresses Air Energy Storage

  Compresses Air Energy Storage Compressed-air energy storage  (CAES) is a way to  store energy  for later use using  compressed air . At a  utility  scale, energy generated during periods of low demand can be released during  peak load  periods. [1] The first utility scale CAES project has been built in Huntorf, Germany, being still operational. [2]  While the Huntorf CAES plant was initially developed as a load balancer for  fossil fuel-generated electricity , the global shift towards  renewable energy  has led to a renewed interest in CAES systems, [3]  to help highly intermittent energy sources like  photovoltaics  and  wind  satisfy fluctuating electricity demands. [4] One ongoing challenge in large scale CAES design is the management of thermal energy since the compression of air leads to an unwanted temperature increase that not only reduces operational efficiency but can also lead to damage...
Read more