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Currently, most hydrogen is produced using fossil fuels but the falling cost of renewables and growing demand for energy have added momentum for clean hydrogen.
If we put green hydrogen plants next to green iron and steelmaking, we can clean up steelmaking and boost the hydrogen industry.
To develop a hydrogen economy at the scale of Aotearoa’s climate ambitions would require about a quarter of the country’s current energy use and swallow enormous amounts of water.
Our new approach lets us separate, store and transport tricky gases like hydrogen as a solid - and for a fraction of the energy.
Hydrogen could replace fossil fuels, but it’s only as clean as the techniques used to produce it. Almost all production comes from high-carbon sources, but new investments could change that.
Hydrogen is feted as the key to a dynamic green economy. But is it the best choice for decarbonisation in all cases?
Tesla founder Elon Musk has described hydrogen-powered cars as “mind-bogglingly stupid”. So is he right?
Hydrogen is hailed as a new clean fuel, but little attention has been paid to the potential environmental challenges presented by the energy shift.
Nobel Prizewinning health researcher Peter Doherty reflects on the challenge of delivering a healthy climate for the world. From hydrogen power to wooden skyscrapers, the options are endless, but all require leadership.
The latest UN climate report makes it clear that the task of limiting climate change is urgent and huge. We must start to transform our economy today, but it will bring rewards as well as challenges.
The hydrogen economy has been touted for decades as a way to navigate the clean energy transition. Now a new CSIRO roadmap sets out how hydrogen power can become a major energy player.
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Manager, CSIRO Futures, CSIRO
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Laureate Professor Emeritus, The Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity
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Office of the Chief Scientist
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Chair of ARC Centre of Excellence for Quantum Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
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Director, ARC Research Hub for Safe and Reliable Energy, Deakin University
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Senior lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Monash University
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Professor of Energy, Resources and Technological Change, Utrecht University
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Professor of Robotics; Director, WA Electric Vehicle Trial, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer in Energy Physics, University of South Wales
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Associate Professor of Energy Engineering, University of Leeds
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Honorary Senior Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, University of Aberdeen
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Professor, Microbiology, Monash University
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Computational Geoscientist, Geoscience Australia
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Distinguished Professor of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine
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Senior lecturer, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau