Debunking H2 myths – How #AEM Electrolysis causes anything but water scarcity??
First things first:
Even though most of central Europe has faced massive amounts of rain in the past months, I believe that the overall increasing scarcity of clean fresh water is a major global challenge.
And it's getting worse.
Think of the current situation in Spain and Southern Italy. Remember the last summer.
The year 2023 has been confirmed as the hottest on record.
Already today, the issue of scarce fresh water is a real consequence of climate change in many regions worldwide.
At Enapter, our AEM electrolysis technology is designed to replace fossil fuels with decentralised green hydrogen production, contributing to the fight against climate change.
While we know that green hydrogen will play a pivotal role on the path to decarbonisation, some common myths and misconceptions about it still persist.
Time to shed light on the facts.
????????: Water electrolysis wastes vast amounts of freshwater.
????????: Producing 1 kg of H2 with our AEM Electrolysers requires ~10.08 liters of water.
To meet the EU's 2030 target of 10 million tons of hydrogen, we'd need around 100 million tons of water.
That’s less than 0.005% of the EU's annual freshwater resources, 0.05% of France's, and just 0.03% of the EU27's annual rainfall.
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Crude oil recovery and diesel refining use about 40% more water per unit of energy than green hydrogen production.
This means that 9 litres of water would be required to:
? Refine enough diesel to travel for 40 km
? Produce enough H2 to travel 100 km
In the end, green hydrogen is not a silver bullet, but it will play a key role in decarbonising energy use around the world.
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Source: Hydrogen Europe
