- Jun 16, 2023, 3:00 PM CDT
Concerns have been raised about the indiscriminate use of green hydrogen, particularly in regions like Africa where renewable energy is urgently needed for local development and economic growth.Green hydrogen is heating up. Across the world, rapid advances in technology related to the green hydrogen sector are being accompanied by increasing investor attention and political support.
Just this week, Norwegian firm Norsk Hydro ASA announced that they successfully made the world’s very first batch of aluminum using green hydrogen instead of natural gas. “Green hydrogen can remove hard to abate emissions from fossil fuels in processes where electricity is not an alternative, both in the aluminum industry and in other heavy industries,” Per Christian Eriksen, head of Norsk Hydro’s renewable hydrogen arm, called Hydro Havrand.
Norway and Oman have one thing in common that makes them great candidates for green hydrogen expansion – more renewable energy production potential than they could ever possibly consume themselves. This is paramount for the sustainability and pragmatism of a large-scale green hydrogen operation. In fact, that in many – if not most – contexts, green hydrogen is probably not the best use of renewable energy.