Thread by @nickymison, Today @WWF_Australia has released its Hydrogen Position Paper! This builds on our [...]

Today @WWF_Australia has released its Hydrogen Position Paper! This builds on our work advocating for a Renewable Hydrogen stimulus measure as part of our #RenewableRecovery campaign.

Check-it out

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THREAD with toplines
https://www.wwf.org.au/ArticleDocuments/843/Energising%20the%20Economy%20with%20Renewable%20Hydrogen%20-%20Hydrogen%20Position%20Paper%20-%20WWF%20Australia.pdf.aspx?OverrideExpiry=Y">https://www.wwf.org.au/ArticleDo...

If you aren& #39;t an energy nerd or have friends that aren& #39;t but want to get their heads around hydrogen, I have written a blog explaining what all the hydrogen hype is about. https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/hydrogen-why-all-the-hype">https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blog...

Hydrogen - why all the hype?

If you’ve been reading or listening to the news recently, you’ve probably heard stories about hydrogen. But what is it? Why is it important? And why are so many people talking about it?

https://www.wwf.org.au/news/blogs/hydrogen-why-all-the-hype

The very excellent @MichaelM_ACT has done a write-up of @WWF_Australia& #39;s Hydrogen Paper in @renew_economy https://reneweconomy.com.au/why-australias-hydrogen-industry-should-be-renewables-only-98574/">https://reneweconomy.com.au/why-austr...

Why Australia’s hydrogen industry should be renewables only

WWF Australia issues new position paper, calling for a ‘renewable only’ hydrogen sector, warning that fossil fuel hydrogen would be a distraction.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/why-australias-hydrogen-industry-should-be-renewables-only-98574/

So the toplines in the paper:
1. Hydrogen is an existing global industry used to produce fertilizer, explostives and in the chemical industry more broadly. Hydrogen from coal and gas are mature technologies and account for ~1% of global carbon pollution (Source: @WoodMackenzie)

2. Hydrogen will be absolutely essential for addressing climate change but a) renewable hydrogen is the only source that is zero emissions and b) is the only form likely to have a significant learning curve/cost reduction at the scale required.

Source: COAG Energy Council, 2019

3. Australia has a huge comparative advantage due to our world-class solar and wind resources and access to land. Australia& #39;s renewable hydrogen will likely be some of the cheapest in the world.

Source: @BloombergNEF

4. While #renewablehydrogen is essential for a net zero emission world, we should target it& #39;s use to processes and places (sectors and countries) that can& #39;t easily be electrified.

E.g. compare the efficiency of an electric car to a hydrogen fuel cell car. Source: @reneworgau

5. Sectors we should proactively target #renewable hydrogen in the short-term:
a) Decarbonising the existing hydrogen industry (ammonia, fertilizer, explosives etc)
b) Hydrogen for trucking, particularly mining trucks for remote mines. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-19/pilbara-yara-engie-trial-aims-make-sustainable-fertiliser-green/12340826">https://www.abc.net.au/news/rura...

Sustainable fertiliser on the cards as Yara aims to decarbonise food production

One of the world's biggest fertiliser manufacturers aims to decouple the link between food production and carbon emissions through a landmark trial in Western Australia.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-19/pilbara-yara-engie-trial-aims-make-sustainable-fertiliser-green/12340826

6. In the longer term we need to be commercialising renewable hydrogen for:
c) Steel, cement, alumina and other metal refining
d) Use in deep-ocean/long-haul shipping (particularly green ammonia)
e) Countries that can& #39;t easily electrify (e.g. Singapore)

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