Does Green Hydrogen Lower or Increase Emissions?

What is happening? The clean energy research nonprofit RMI contends that clean hydrogen can either drive down emissions or help support an increase in emissions and it depends on the source of electricity used to create the clean hydrogen. We’ll know what’s up when the Department of Treasury finishes its rules to incentivize credits for clean hydrogen utilizing “environmentally friendly” electricity.

How is this important? Companies, like HyStor, has purchased land in Mississippi to build renewable power sources for its clean hydrogen process.

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