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Oil and Gas Industry Admits Blue Hydrogen is Too Expensive

Oil and Gas Industry Admits Blue Hydrogen is Too Expensive

In 2021, I wrote how the economics of blue hydrogen would not work in an article titled, “The ‘Big Lie’ of Blue Hydrogen Starts With Ignoring Basic Economics.” Blue hydrogen is the theoretical product where hydrogen is made from methane (natural gas) but the methane has very low emissions when

The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.

The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.

The push to sell “blue hydrogen” as a clean energy fuel — which experts have called a misleading rebrand of fossil fuels — hit another setback this month. Climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 are bringing new economic headwinds to the gas-derived hydrogen fuel’s prospects. However, many companies

Oil and Gas’s Pivot to Blue Hydrogen Is Falling Through

Oil and Gas’s Pivot to Blue Hydrogen Is Falling Through

By Justin Mikulka. Originally published on July 30, 2022 at The Intercept. THE OIL AND GAS industry’s plan to convince the world to switch from natural gas to hydrogen made from natural gas is being upended by an unexpected cause: economics. As the climate emergency has gotten more and

Russia-Ukraine War Is Another Reason to Break Free of Dirty Steel, but U.S. Companies Still Chase Profits Over Green Future

Russia-Ukraine War Is Another Reason to Break Free of Dirty Steel, but U.S. Companies Still Chase Profits Over Green Future

This article originally appeared in the Intercept. THE WAR IN Ukraine has threatened a vital component of the U.S. industrial base: steel production. Over the weekend, reports surfaced that a large steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, had become one of the last holdouts for Ukrainian troops in the besieged

The Infrastructure Bill’s Hydrogen Funding Is a Big Win for the Oil and Gas Industry

The Infrastructure Bill’s Hydrogen Funding Is a Big Win for the Oil and Gas Industry

The infrastructure bill signed into law by President Biden in November includes $9.5 billion dollars to support the creation of a clean hydrogen industry — but much of the money is going to support the U.S. fracked gas industry under the guise of “clean” blue hydrogen. While being presented

Green Hydrogen’s Rapidly Falling Costs Undermine the Gas Industry’s Argument for Blue Hydrogen

Green Hydrogen’s Rapidly Falling Costs Undermine the Gas Industry’s Argument for Blue Hydrogen

By Justin Mikulka on Sep 24, 2021 (originally published at DeSmog) New research predicts that green hydrogen — a clean fuel produced from water using renewables — will be comparable in cost and likely cheaper than blue hydrogen by 2030. This is much sooner than what the blue hydrogen industry is estimating

Decoding the Hype Behind the Natural Gas Industry’s Hydrogen Push

Decoding the Hype Behind the Natural Gas Industry’s Hydrogen Push

It seems like nearly every day another hopeful article touts the potential of using hydrogen as a fuel to tackle climate change. What’s known as “green hydrogen” — which relies on renewable power for production — is getting the bulk of that attention. In December, ABC News ran an article with