Decarbonization
Hydrogen’s Role in Reaching Decarbonization Goals
Dozens of countries have committed to net-zero emissions goals in the coming decades. Hydrogen is required to reach these deep decarbonization goals. It is estimated that 30% of energy-related CO2 emissions are hard-to-abate with electricity alone, providing a massive opportunity for hydrogen.
The hydrogen economy is advancing across numerous sectors including power generation, transportation, industrial energy, building heat and power and feedstock. Bloom Energy’s Solid Oxide technology is uniquely positioned to accelerate both the production and the usage of hydrogen.
The Challenge and Opportunity of Carbon Capture
Renewables alone are not enough to reach decarbonization goals. Researchers and entrepreneurs have long sought ways to isolate CO2 from combusted fossil fuels in the hopes of capturing and storing the isolated carbon, but previous attempts have proven prohibitively expensive. Conventional methods rely on absorbing CO2 using zeolites, carbon molecular sieves, or amines. The problem is, most of these methods use so much power that they end up offsetting many of the environmental benefits they’re designed to achieve.
The world has a waste problem that needs to be addressed.
Organic waste generates large amounts of methane as it decomposes anaerobically. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere more efficiently than carbon dioxide. The vast majority of methane from waste processing facilities ends up being vented to the environment, flared, or burned to generate electricity through combustion engines – all three of which, are dirty and negatively impact both public health and the environment.