Re:Sweden delivered the world’s first fossil fuel-free steel
by azinman2 on Saturday September 04, 2021 @02:02PM
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Isn’t “green hydrogen” a sham? I thought the production of it wasn’t actually very CO2 friendly and comes out of fossils fuels themselves?
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Re:Sweden delivered the world’s first fossil fuel-free steel
by klyrs on Saturday September 04, 2021 @02:12PM
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Well there's "blue hydrogen" and "brown hydrogen" which are produced from natural gas and coal respectively.
Green hydrogen is produced through electrolysis, from renewable energy sources like hydro, wind and solar.
Re:Sweden delivered the world’s first fossil fuel-free steel
by sampo on Saturday September 04, 2021 @03:26PM
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> Green hydrogen is produced through electrolysis, from renewable energy sources like hydro, wind and solar.
Terminology correction: From low-carbon energy sources, like wind, solar, nuclear and hydro.
Re:Sweden delivered the world’s first fossil fuel-free steel
by cjblomqvist on Saturday September 04, 2021 @02:42PM
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This particular steel is made to be 100% CO2 neutral (as is all hydrogen in Sweden). Very much most likely made from hydro power (accounts for about 40% of power generation in Sweden - and the owner of most hydro in Sweden, "Waterfall", which is state owned, is a partner in the project) of from wind. Both energy sources is very common in the north of Sweden.
Re:Sweden delivered the world’s first fossil fuel-free steel
by lucb1e on Saturday September 04, 2021 @03:20PM
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> CO2 neutral (as is all hydrogen in Sweden). Very much most likely made from hydro power
Now that you put them together like this, I noticed this will probably confuse a lot of people in years to come: hydro power is a very different thing from hydrogen power.