Hydrogen is an incredibly versatile source of clean energy. It can be used to generate electricity, power vehicles, and heat our heat homes and businesses. It will also be critical in enabling countries to achieve net zero emissions.

Understanding hydrogen

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. It’s all around us in water, plants, animals and, of course, humans. From an energy perspective, hydrogen is exciting because it has the potential to cut carbon in parts of the economy that are tough to decarbonise. That’s things like industrial processes, heavy transport and heating. There are also lots of ways to produce hydrogen.

When hydrogen is burnt, the only waste product is water vapour. That makes it a clean alternative to natural gas (methane). So harnessing hydrogen could make a huge difference to carbon emissions and play a critical part in achieving net zero. 

But tapping into hydrogen’s potential is not easy. The big challenge is scaling up production and bringing down the price to kickstart a hydrogen economy worldwide.

Opening new hydrogen frontiers

At NGV, we’re bringing our expertise to ambitious projects in the US and UK that will open-up new frontiers for a future hydrogen economy. These include the creation of a proposed 'hydrogen hub’ on Long Island in the Northeastern US that will establish a cluster of local green hydrogen production, storage and demand.

Long Island is an ideal location for the hub given the high power demand in the New York City metro and limited transmission connections. The vision for the project is to develop an integrated net-zero energy system that uses clean fuels like hydrogen to meet demand for power heat and transport.

Check out the interactive graphic below for more information on the project: