Can Green Hydrogen Replace Natural Gas?
OCTOBER 20, 2022
tags: hydrogen
By Paul Homewood
Rising fossil fuel prices have refocussed attention on hydrogen and electrolysis. We can of course make hydrogen by steam reforming gas, but this merely exacerbates the problem of high gas prices.
Which leaves us with using electrolysis, powered by wind power.
So just how much wind capacity would we need to replace the natural has that we currently consume in the UK?
I’m not suggesting for one minute that this would happen, not least because it would be infeasible. But it gives an idea of the scale of the problem.
Here’s some basic calculations:
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