H2@Scale is the Department of Energy’s newest
initiative to incentivize and expand the exploration for hydrogen use for
different applications. Among these are fuel cells for vehicles, metal
refining, and natural gas production. the U.S. The funds will be destined to
tackle the issues which make this process difficult like transport, generation,
and storage methods.
This project has been granted $31M in funding
for the advancement of these 3 objectives, giving each an equal priority. Every
year more than 10 million metric tons of hydrogen are produced as byproducts of
burning other fossil fuels; H2@Scale will ultimately help create a cleaner
supply of energy. Some of the benefits of using hydrogen include:
Carbon-emission free
Accessibility
Efficiency
Given these benefits, H2@Scale seeks to
mitigate some of the risks and disadvantages of using the same time; safety,
high cost, and storage impracticality.
