The Shift to Hydrogen (S2H2): Elemental Change

Welcome to the second article in The Shift to Hydrogen (S2H2): Elemental Change series – What needs to be decarbonised? And what role can hydrogen play?

In December 2020, the Ashurst Global Towards Zero Emissions team published the first article in The Shift to Hydrogen (S2H2): Elemental Change series – Why H2? Why now? 

Given the subject matter of this article in The Shift to Hydrogen (S2H2): Elemental Change series, to give the subject matter appropriate depth, it is to be published in two parts:

Part 1 frames, and answers, the question “How may H2 be used to decarbonise activities?” and outlines the net-benefit of the use of hydrogen to reduce GHG emissions and as such the impact on the global carbon budget. In framing How H2 may be used? we use the Ashurst Hydrogen Rainbow graphic to describe sources, and means of hydrogen (H2), production;

Part 2 of this article considers Roadmaps, Plans and Strategies and the policy settings developed by, or emerging, in countries for the purposes of decarbonising sectors and industries, including the use of H2. This is done in the broader context of progress towards zero emissions: effectively, Part 2 is a roadmap to Hydrogen Road Maps, Plans and Strategies. 

Author: Michael Harrison, Partner.