Tag: hydrogen economy
Hydrogen’s Brutal Month: Billions Lost As Mega-Projects Collapse
The last 30 days marked a particularly rough period for hydrogen advocates, with a striking series of cancellations and project halts around the globe. The cumulative scale of these decisions underscores how challenging and economically vulnerable the hydrogen-for-energy sector has become. Over the span of approximately four weeks, projects valued … [continued]
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Hydrogen Isn’t The Answer: 0.7-1.5 Billion Tons CO2e Would Make It A Climate Liability
Hydrogen is often presented as the clean-energy solution capable of decarbonizing the trickiest sectors, including heavy industry, aviation, maritime shipping, and long-haul trucking. Yet, a growing body of evidence makes it clear that a hydrogen economy, at scale, would deliver a major setback to global climate goals rather than helping … [continued]
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Beyond the Hydrogen Mirage: A Candid Conversation with Joe Romm
Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down again with Dr. Joseph Romm to discuss his then about to be released book, The Hype About Hydrogen, available now on Amazon. This is the second half of our conversation, lightly edited. Michael Barnard [MB]: Welcome back to Redefining Energy — Tech. … [continued]
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Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill Accelerates Hydrogen Economy’s Inevitable Fall
For years, I’ve been openly dismissive of the hydrogen for energy economy—particularly the financial prospects of its most hyped members, Plug Power, FuelCell Energy, and Ballard Power. The hydrogen-for-energy vision was never built on firm economic foundations. It relied heavily on the ongoing generosity of governments to subsidize fundamentally and … [continued]
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Investment Risk for Energy Infrastructure Construction Is Highest for Nuclear Power Plants, Lowest for Solar
A new study from the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability finds that construction costs run over budget for more than 60% of energy infrastructure projects worldwide. By Laura Hurley Between now and 2050, the International Energy Agency projects that more than $100 trillion will be spent on building net-zero energy infrastructure globally. … [continued]
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