Green hydrogen will become cheaper than blue hydrogen by 2030
Adi Basham · The high stakes debate over green hydrogen · Aug 3, 2023 · at 14:56
Adi Basham of BloombergNEF discusses the economic outlook and learning curve for green hydrogen production against fossil-derived alternatives with host Stephen Lacey.
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“If we scaled it up to potentially hundreds of gigawatts by the end of the decade and going further, we expect the cost of that equipment to decline by 50, 60, or 70% or so, which really drives cost reductions of Green or renewable hydrogen below the cost of production of blue hydrogen. So, so it becomes the cheapest form of low carbon hydrogen going forward.”
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