March 1
@ENERGY & @SecGranholm are pushing hydrogen as the solution to the climate crisis. They call their initiative to deploy H2 technology Hydrogen Shot. They’re drunk on it. So we’ve created #HydrogenShots to provide the sobering facts.https://youtu.be/u8XrTI8TBko
March 2
PA’s government loves blue hydrogen. What’s blue hydrogen? It’s hydrogen produced from methane with carbon capture added to the process to make it appear climate-friendly. It’s not. It’s just the next generation of the gas boom. #HydrogenShots
Blue hydrogen from fossil gas with carbon capture and storage is expensive and inefficient compared to green hydrogen from renewable energy. Find out more from the experts, Howarth and Jacobson: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ese3.956 #HydrogenShots
March 3
What’s Carbon Capture and Storage, you ask? Think Carbon Sequestration, think Clean Coal. The New School’s June Sekera calls it a publicly-financed sewer system for the fossil fuel industry. #HydrogenShots https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5eb87706d3837677cd92bc85
March 4
Building the hydrogen economy the fossil fuel industry is promoting requires lots more infrastructure. A network of pipelines would be built to move CO2 to injection wells for disposal. Here’s what happens when a CO2 pipeline fails. #HydrogenShots https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gassing-satartia-mississippi-co2-pipeline_n_60ddea9fe4b0ddef8b0ddc8f
The victims of the 2020 CO2 pipeline rupture in Satartia, MS spoke about their experiences last year. The explosion robs the air of oxygen, causing asphyxiation. Car engines stop, making it impossible to escape. Talk about carbon capture! #hydrogenshots
March 5
@NaomiOreskes: “Imagine if I said I planned to build a home with materials that had not yet been invented or build a civilization on Mars without first figuring out how to get even one human being there. You’d likely consider me irrational, perhaps delusional. #HydrogenShots 1/2
“Yet this kind of thinking pervades plans for future decarbonization.” (Psst, we’re looking at you, blue hydrogen hubs.) #HydrogenShots 2/2
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/carbon-reduction-plans-rely-on-tech-that-doesnt-exist/
March 6
In a new study, “hydrogen heating is shown to be either economically unfavourable in the case of green hydrogen or environmentally unfavourable in the case of blue hydrogen.” 🧵#HydrogenShots https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196890422013802#b0130
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Study finds heating with Green H2 is three times more expensive than heating with heat pumps. 2/ #HydrogenShots
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Findings are in line with a review by Dr Jan Rosenow, director of European programmes at the Regulatory Assistance Project. 3/ #HydrogenShots https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2542435122004160
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“As Rosenow tells Carbon Brief: ‘[Blue hydrogen] is not a zero-carbon fuel and therefore should not be considered in the same way as the other technologies that they looked at.’ 4/ #HydrogenShots
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“In fact, the study concludes that even a green hydrogen-heavy scenario exceeds planetary boundaries. This is due to the environmental impacts associated with constructing such large amounts of additional renewables.” /end #HydrogenShots https://energypost.eu/heating-households-and-buildings-heat-pumps-will-be-up-to-three-times-cheaper-than-green-hydrogen/
March 7
@guardian asked today: “Is there any role for hydrogen in a decarbonised future?” 1/2 #HydrogenShots
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/07/hydrogen-clean-fuel-climate-crisis-explainer?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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“Yes, but a limited one – given that it takes more energy to produce, store and transport hydrogen than it provides when converted into useful energy, so using anything but new renewable sources (true green hydrogen) will require burning more fossil fuels.” 2/2 #HydrogenShots
March 8
The Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act provides nearly $20 billion for unproven hydrogen & carbon capture projects. Proven, scalable renewable solutions like solar, wind, water, & geothermal only got a combined $480 million. #HydrogenShots
March 9
.@GovernorShapiro talked about both hydrogen and abandoned wells in his budget address. The hydrogen he supports is blue hydrogen that gets it’s color code because it uses carbon capture and storage. 1/ #hydrogenshots
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Storage = Injecting CO2 into a class of injection wells. @DCNRnews says that 2.4 billion cubic feet of CO2 can be sequestered in PA. BUT… 2/ #hydrogenshots
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@DCNRnews also says (in the same 2009 report) that it’s a bad idea to inject C02 near unplugged or poorly plugged wells (like abandoned wells). Here’s their graphic from that report. And here’s the link. https://elibrary.dcnr.pa.gov/PDFProvider.ashx?action=PDFStream&docID=1743511&chksum=&revision=0&docName=Geologic-Carbon-Sequestration-Opportunities-in-PA-2009&nativeExt=pdf&PromptToSave=False&Size=4951860&ViewerMode=2&overlay=0 3/ #Hydrogenshots
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@GovernorShapiro put the number of abandoned wells at 350,000, but researchers have been putting the number much higher. Even @PennsylvaniaDEP has used the figure 700,000. So don’t inject CO2 where there are lots of wells, right? 4/ #hydrogenshots
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Enter the Great Plains Institute. In 2020, Governor Wolf signed on with GPI to develop a Regional CO2 Transport Plan (because, don’t forget, you need to move all that CO2 to the injection sites and that means a LOT of infrastructure). 5/ #hydrogenshots
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GPI put out cheerleadery things like its Pennsylvania – Carbon Capture Ready report. And its Carbon and Hydrogen Hubs Atlas for US Decarbonization. Here’s a map labeled “Ample opportunities for secure geologic storage of CO2 in the US” https://betterenergy.org/blog/gpi-carbon-and-hydrogen-hubs-atlas/ 6/ #hydrogenshots
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Here’s the Marcellus Shale formation. That’s where the oil and gas are, so that’s where the wells are, including those abandoned wells. So the prime locations for injections wells are in the part of the state with more holes than Swiss cheese. 7/ #hydrogenshots
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At the rate @PennsylvaniaDEP is plugging wells (even with the infusion of your federal tax dollars) it will take more than 40,000 years to plug each well one time. (They need to be plugged every 25 years in perpetuity to avoid leaks.) 8/ #hydrogenshots
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@GovernorShapiro didn’t mention that part in his budget address. Nor did he mention that the whole thing is folly, anyway, since there has never been a successful carbon capture and storage project. But more on that in another #hydrogenshots. /end
March 10
“Carbon Capture Has So Far Mostly Just Captured Taxpayer Money”
Great report from @foodandwater on #CCS failures. Carbon Capture is only good for one thing – enhanced oil recovery (a.k.a. more fossil fuel production). Storage? Not so much. #hydrogenshots https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/2022/09/27/carbon-capture-failures/
March 11
Among the cavalcade of bad ideas from @ENERGY is its Hyblend initiative. The idea is to blend hydrogen into natural gas pipelines to reduce emissions. @PSRenvironment lists six failings. #hydrogenshots 1/
https://psr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/hydrogen-pipe-dreams.pdf
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1) Green H2 isn’t commercially available, so H2 would be produced from #FF just to be put back into a pipeline with methane. The overall effect would be an INCREASE in emissions. #hydrogenshots 2/
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2) Most H2 produced today is made from methane, so the demand for more H2 to put in pipelines would increase the amount of drilling & fracking, thereby prolonging our dependence on #FF. #hydrogenshots 3/
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3) Even if they could use green H2, it would be a very inefficient system with little climate benefit. Report says only a 10 – 20% blend is safe. Other reports say 5%. The max 20% blend would reduce emissions by only 6%. #hydrogenshots 4/
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4) The high cost of producing the H2 to put it in the pipeline with the methane for heating and cooking means consumers would be hit with higher energy bills. #hydrogenshots 5/
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5) That’s right. The hydrogen would be delivered to your home. Every home a Hindenburg! Ok, that’s overstating it, but H2 blending increases the risk of explosions in homes and buildings heating with it. #hydrogenshots 6/
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6) Both producing H2 from methane and burning it in homes impact human health, particularly among communities of color and low income communities already disproportionately impacted by pollution. #hydrogenshots 7/
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And all of this to help the fossil fuel industry continue doing business as usual. @ENERGY is running out the climate countdown clock to serve the desires of the companies responsible for the crisis. https://climateclock.world/ #hydrogenshots /end
March 12
So let’s talk a little more about H2 & CH4. We’ve already pointed out that blue hydrogen is made from methane & that @ENERGY is trying to push blending hydrogen with methane in pipelines. Now let’s talk about hydrogen’s relationship to methane in the atmosphere. #hydrogenshots 1/
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Hydrogen is an indirect greenhouse gas that extends the life of methane, ozone, and water vapor in the atmosphere by reacting with the hydroxide radicals needed to neutralize them, thereby extending their life in the atmosphere. #hydrogenshots 2/
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That’s a big deal because hydrogen molecules are tiny, making it easy for them to leak. Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy studied hydrogen leakage. #hydrogenshots 3/ https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/publications/hydrogen-leakage-potential-risk-hydrogen-economy
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“By 2050, green hydrogen production, transportation, and storage (both pipeline and trucks); road transport vehicles; electricity generation; and chemical synthetic fuel production are expected to become the major sources of leakage,” say the authors. #hydrogenshots /4
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They add, “The 2050 high-risk scenario will lead to a 5.6 percent economy-wide leakage rate.” The total leakage volume of 29.6 Mt. #hydrogenshots /5
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And, remember, the researchers were looking at green hydrogen, the kind made from renewables. So even the ‘good’ hydrogen exacerbates climate change. #hydrogenshots /end
March 13
Primacy. It’s going to be a hot topic in the coming months. It refers to the regulation of Class VI injection wells, the kind used to inject CO2 into the ground. Right now, EPA permits injection wells. So does PA. If PA had primacy,… #hydrogenshots 1/ http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2023/03/dep-to-submit-letter-of-intent-to-epa.html
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all permitting would be done by the DEP (there’s a different state level permit they would continue to grant) & there’d be no option to appeal permits at the federal level, something always handy to have when you’re dealing with a rubber stamp agency like DEP. #hydrogenshots 2/
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Applying for primacy is one of those things the Infrastructure Improvement and Jobs Act (IIJA) we’re all supposed to be so excited about helps fund. #hydrogenshots 3/
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BTW, as long as DEP is going through the process, they may decide to seek primacy for all classes of injections wells, like the ones where O&G waste is injected. #hydrogenshots 4/
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From the article, [Kristin] “Carter said, ‘The point is that Pennsylvania’s subsurface is going to be used for storage, it’s not going away. If anything, storage applications are going to be more common than we see now.’” #hydrogenshots 5/
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Remember, her shop was one of those that said PA’s geology was not suited to injection wells. #hydrogenshots /end
March 14
This hydrogen advocate has been on the take from the natural gas industry. #hydrogenshots 1/2
https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/prominent-advocate-for-hydrogen-heating-has-been-secretly-receiving-money-from-gas-network-trade-body/2-1-1418519
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And at U. Mass, “lobbyists had written some of the paper’s recommendations, which were aimed at state policymakers.” Just like we’ve been telling you. H2 is the next generation of fossil fuels. #hydrogenshots 2/2 https://www.hydrogeninsight.com/policy/fossil-gas-interests-funded-and-made-changes-to-independent-peer-reviewed-study-recommending-hydrogen-for-heating/2-1-1357517
March 15
So they’ve captured some CO2 & now they need to store it. What happens if they want to store it under your home? What if they store it under your neighbor’s home but it leaks in your direction? Learn about ‘pore space’ from @ssteingraber1. #hydrogenshots https://www.sehn.org/sehn/2022/11/16/the-pore-space-beneath-our-feet-what-we-mean-when-we-say-carbon-storage
March 16
On 3/12, we told you that hydrogen is an indirect GHG that can extend the life of methane in the atmosphere. This study explains how that works in detail. Bear in mind, this pertains to green H2. How about blue H2? #hydrogenshots 1/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35419-7#Sec7
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Blue hydrogen is made from methane, so its production guarantees increased methane emissions. Remember, blue H2 is considered clean because of the addition of Carbon Capture and Storage, powered by… methane, so still more methane, still more emissions. #hydrogenshots 2/
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So, to sum up, hydrogen extends the life of methane in the atmosphere that is only there because it was produced to make… blue hydrogen. #hydrogenshots #DOELogic /end
March 17
We’ve mentioned a few of the colors in the hydrogen rainbow. Gray is the type made from methane using steam methane reforming. It accounts for 95% of the H2 produced today. (Blue is being hyped as a new-and-improved version because carbon capture is tossed in.) #hydrogenshots 1/
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So, in other words, gray hydrogen is dirty hydrogen, So why might it qualify for a new Production Tax Credit called 45V in @POTUS’ Inflation Reduction Act? The tax credit is supposed to incentivize cleaner production of hydrogen, after all. #hydrogenshots 2/
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Although 45V was intended for new facilities, existing ones can also qualify if they make capital investments to reduce emissions to qualifying levels. A gray operation adding #CCS to turn blue would benefit. Seems fair, right? #hydrogenshots 3/
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Well, putting aside for the moment that blue is just like gray in that it’s made from methane and that adding #CCS does squat or worse, gray doesn’t even need to go through the motions of cleaning up to qualify. #hydrogenshots 4/
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Turns out that making “direct investments in geographically non-contiguous factory farm or landfill projects could result in claiming the full credit amount.” #hydrogenhype /end https://foe.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Hydrogen-Polluter-Wishlist-_FINAL.pdf
March 18
“Blue hydrogen will lead the way to a green hydrogen economy.” FALSE It’s the O&G industry’s ‘bait and never switch’ tactic. BTW, the quote is not from the industry, but from a PA regulator’s very disingenous presentation last week. #hydrogenshots https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/TechnicalAdvisoryBoard/2023/March_13/Carter_CCUS_H2_DEP_TAB_2023.pdf
March 19
CERAweek is “described by the Financial Times as the ‘the Davos of energy,’ & by Politico as the ‘industry’s Super Bowl.’” S&P Global calls it The World’s Premier Energy Event. (Of course, S&P Global created it.) CERAweek 2023 took place earlier this month. #hydrogenshots 1/
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This year at CERAweek, “Top executives lamented they had ‘lost the narrative’ on natural gas, and outlined an effort to sell their product as the ‘cleanest energy in the world.’” #hydrogenshots 2/ https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19032023/fossil-fuel-natural-gas-branding/
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The CEOs of EQT and Tellurian are at the forefront of the battle to win back the narrative, but other executives at CERAweek parroted the message. Cheering them on were former Senator Mary Landrieu and from Representative Tim Ryan. #hydrogenshots 3/
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Landrieu and Ryan have been hired by Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future, “launched by EQT, several other gas companies, and labor unions to promote the fuel to Democrats.” #hydrogenshots 4/ https://naturalalliesforcleanenergy.org/2023/03/09/energy-secretaries-event/
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“’That’s what me and Mary are really focused on,’ Ryan said in an interview after the panel, ‘how to get Democrats kind of in line.’” #hydrogenshots 5/
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Former Energy Secretaries Ernest Moniz (under Obama) and Dan Brouillette (under Trump) took part in the panel discussion Ryan mentioned at CERAweek. #hydrogenshots 6/
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Landrieu found it “reassuring” hear them “speak pragmatically about the vital role natural gas plays as a key part of our decarbonization system at home and around the globe, while providing stable, reliable energy well into the future.” #hydrogenshots 7/
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BTW, “EQT launched a separate group in October, along with pipeline developers Williams & TC Energy, called the Partnership to Address Global Emissions, or PAGE Coalition, to promote LNG exports as a tool for cutting climate pollution.” #hydrogenshots 8/
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“‘The problem is we’re in a political environment today where the extremes are defining the rest,’ said Ryan. ‘That’s why this effort with Natural Allies and PAGE is so critical because we have an opportunity to bust that narrative.’” #hydrogenshots 9/
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So who’s behind CERAweek? CERA stands for Cambridge Energy Research Associates, founded by Daniel Yergin and James Rosenfield in 1983. Yergin served as an advisor to the @ENERGY secretaries under Clinton, Bush, Obama, & Trump. #hydrogenshots 10/
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Yergin is also Vice Chairman of IHS Markit & was appointed VC of S&P Global when the two companies merged. IHS Markit is the firm that produced the report for Team Pennsylvania that said western PA could support 5 cracker plants. #hydrogenshots 11/ https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2017/03/21/study-state-could-support-up-to-four-more-ethane.html
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The report, Prospects to Enhance Pennsylvania’s Opportunities in Petrochemical Manufacturing, also supported the proposed Appalachian Storage Hub to store NGLs. #hydrogenshots 12/ https://teampa.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Prospects_to_Enhance_PAs_Opportunities_in_Petrochemical_Mfng_Report_21March2017.pdf
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Here’s IHS Markit on Hydrogen, “Rapid Expansion in Carbon Capture Industry is ‘Essential Pathway’ Needed to Reach Net Zero Targets, New IHS Markit Research Finds.” #hydrogenshots 13/ https://news.ihsmarkit.com/prviewer/release_only/id/4746717
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And what about the groups with names that scream greenwashing, Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future & the Partnership to Address Global Emissions, or PAGE Coalition? EQT helped launch both. EQT has talked big about ‘unleashing U.S. LNG’ on the world, but… #hydrogenshots 14/
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EQT has also been pushing for blue hydrogen hubs as part of Appalachian Energy Future and as one of the applicants for the WV-based ARCH2 hub that would include PA, OH, & KY. #hydrogenshots 15/
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The through-line from natural gas to hydrogen could not be clearer. #hydrogenshots /16
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Oh, and be aware, Pennsylvania! Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future’s natural gas PR campaign picked you as the #1 battleground state. #hydrogenshots /end https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/20983415-natural_allies_clean_energy#document/p1
March 20
Carbon capture is a placebo. It gives oil and gas companies a story to tell about acting on emissions while they keep extracting, and we keep burning, fossil fuels, writes June Sekera. #CCUS #ClimateAction #IPCC #IPCCSynthesisReport #hydrogenshots 1/2
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2023/03/20/opinion/carbon-capture-wont-fix-our-climate-problem
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Hear June Sekera next Tuesday, March 28, at noon ET when she’ll speak on Carbon Dioxide Removal at our Virtual Brown Bag Briefing. Register at bit.ly/BPBSekera #hydrogenshots 2/2
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Today, @antonioguterres reiterated IEA’s 2021 imperative – NO new oil, gas, or coal development. Let’s be clear – Blue Hydrogen is gas development. #hydrogenshots https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/20/ipcc-climate-crisis-report-delivers-final-warning-on-15c
March 21
“The US hydrogen strategy was positioned in the wrong federal department. It was put in the hands of people who deal with fossil fuels all day long and have a paradigm of burning them for energy, not a paradigm of electricity for energy.” #hydrogenshots
March 22
We’re doing something different today. We’re quoting @janrosenow‘s tweet on new @Shell scenarios. H2 contributes 0.4% of residential heating & cooking in the scenarios created by the lead company applying for a blue hydrogen hub (a.k.a fracking without end) in PA. #hydrogenshots
March 23
@IISD_ENB provides play-by-play coverage of the IPCC’s work to approve the Synthesis Report released on Monday. #hydrogenshots 1/ https://enb.iisd.org/58th-session-intergovernmental-panel-climate-change-ipcc-58-summary#brief-analysis-ipcc-58
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This excellent thread from @NiranjanAjit summarizes the Earth Negotiations Bulletin’s reporting. #hydrogenshots 2/ https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1638475932498288640.html
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He notes, “saudi arabia, china, new zealand and the netherlands blocked efforts to specify that sucking loads of carbon out of the atmosphere is unproven and risky” #hydrogenshots 3/
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Learn more about the problems with Carbon Dioxide Removal on March 28 at noon ET when June Sekera will brief elected officials, the press, and the public in a session hosted by @BetterPathPA and the @PCC_2023 Network. Register at bit.ly/BPBSekera #hydrogenshots /end
March 24
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, operated by the Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC. Wait, operated by whom? #hydrogenshots 1/ https://www.nrel.gov/research/eds-hydrogen.html#:~:text=Hydrogen%20as%20an%20Energy%20Carrier,vapor%20as%20a%20by%2Dproduct
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Alliance for Sustainable Energy LLC is a collaboration of the Midwest Research Institute & Battelle, “an independent not-for-profit organization that advances science & technology to have the greatest impact on our society and economy.” #hydrogenshots 2/ https://www.allianceforsustainableenergy.org/
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Battelle is one of the Appalachian Regional Clean Hydrogen (ARCH2) hub partners with West Virginia, EQT, and GTI Energy. Shockingly, ARCH2 got a green light from @ENERGY to proceed with its application. #hydrogenshots /end https://www.battelle.org/insights/newsroom/press-release-details/appalachian-regional-clean-hydrogen-hub-encouraged-to-submit-a-full-application-for-the-department-of-energy-hydrogen-hub-funding
March 25
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is also referred to as CCUS, the U standing for Utilization. Captured CO2 is utilized to get more oil out of the ground via a process called Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR). Here’s what @PennsylvaniaDEP says about it… #hydrogenshots 1/
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“This process not only increases oil production at the wellhead; but it also frees up pore space in the reservoir rock to provide for injected CO2 to remain underground — thereby offering geologic storage.” In other words,… #hydrogenshots 2/ https://www.dcnr.pa.gov/Conservation/ClimateChange/CarbonCaptureStorage/Pages/default.aspx
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Getting all of that pesky oil out of the ground is a good thing, say your environmental regulators, because it creates more space to store carbon (that we wouldn’t need to try to store if we stopped getting oil out of the ground in the first place – Ed.) #hydrogenshots /end
March 26
Let’s look at the 45 Q tax credit goldrush for Carbon Capture. Paul Blackburn of the @Bold_Alliance has written a series of blog posts that are so rich with government crazy that they’re hard to sum up, so here’s the link. #hydrogenshots 1/2
https://pipelinefighters.org/news/welcome-to-the-45q-tax-credit-piggie-farm/
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From the second post in the series, “The total hit to the federal budget from this tax credit goldrush could be in the hundreds of billions of dollars, and American citizens will be on the hook to make up the difference.” #hydrogenshots 2/2
March 27
Blue Hydrogen: The Greatest Fossil Fuel Scam in History? from David Borlace’s YouTube series Just Have a Think sums up in 15 minutes many of the topics our #hydrogenshots have covered this month. #hydrogenshots https://www.justhaveathink.com/the-great-blue-hydrogen-scam/
March 28
By every measure, the effects of #CCS are negative compared with biological methods of capturing CO2. The chart comes from June Sekera’s paper that she presented on today’s Virtual Brown Bag Briefing. #hydrogenshots 1/ https://journals.plos.org/climate/article?id=10.1371/journal.pclm.0000124
March 29
On March 6, we talked about hydrogen for heating. Bottom line, it makes no sense. So why is DOE pushing hydrogen hubs and a hydrogen economy? Good question. Increasingly, the answer is that it can be used for “hard to abate” sectors of the economy. #hydrogeshots 1/
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So what percentage of the economy does that represent? Well, Rocky Mountain Institute said that steel, aluminum, and petrochemicals account for 14%. #hydrogenshots 2/ https://rmi.org/the-importance-of-a-new-accounting-method/
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And what exactly does that mean? Well, it means that 86% of the economy can be decarbonized with renewables. Those percentages may not be precise – may be more like 80% and 20% — so we’ll use those ballpark figures to make a point. #hydrogenshots 3/
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On March 8, we pointed out that the Infrastructure Improvement and Jobs Act included ~$20 billion for hydrogen and carbon projects and only $480 million for all renewables combined. In other words, roughly a 5th (20%) of the dollars invested went to renewables. #hydrogenshots 4/
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So the government invested 20% of the money in the solution to 80% of the problem & 80% of the money in 20% of the problem. (It’s worse than that, of course. We’re only considering IIJA, not IRA, for example, and the billions more thrown at false solutions.) #hydrogenshots 5/
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One more thing – the solution to the 80% problem is proven, scalable renewable energy that can be deployed right now. On March 5th, we cited @NaomiOreskes’ piece that notes that the 20% solution doesn’t yet and may never exist. #hydrogenshots /end
March 30
Yesterday, we said that 20% of the money was going to 80% of the problem referring to the relatively small amount of IIJA $$$ going to renewables. Mark Jacobson’s No Miracles Needed confirms ‘We have the technology,’ as they say. We need to deploy it. #hydrogenshots 1/2
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He’ll be our guest at April’s Virtual Brown Bag Briefing to talk about it. Register at bit.ly/BPBJacobson. #Hydrogenshots 2/2
March 31
The deadline to apply for a hydrogen hub is one week from today. “Each winner will receive up to $1.25 billion in funding to be spent (along with matching private financing) in four phases of H2Hub development— #hydrogenshots 1/2 https://www.resources.org/common-resources/hydrogen-hubs-how-is-the-us-department-of-energy-picking-winners-and-losers/
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“planning, financing, construction, and operation—over the course of 8 to 12 years.” Here’s a hydrogen hub tracker where you can read about the hubs proposed that include PA. #hydrogenshots 2/2
https://www.rff.org/publications/data-tools/hydrogen-hub-explorer
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