a gigantic coincidence. that previously the earth was just a mess the chemistry lab. where the improbable but. the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery every single. one 1st. starts feb 11th on t.w. . is it all just a lot of hot investors have been snapping up hydrogen related stocks as if the gas were in short supply it's the most abundant element in the universe like on our sun

but on earth it's mostly extracted from fossil fuels and meeting carbon dioxide in the process what's got traders excited a company's promises of clean hydrogen electrolysis splits water into hydrogen and oxygen doing it cheaply could be the holy grail of green energy so could hydrogen become the fuel of the future that's what we're looking at today on mate i'm been physical and share prices of companies in the industry have soared more than 500 percent in the past year there are several reasons 0 emissions vehicles are all the rage many countries are going koppen free in the next few decades u.s. president joe biden has thrown his weight behind the sector and the european union plans to scale up and hydrogen projects in polluting industries like chemicals and steel but a lot of the focus our fire has been on cars the question is will hydrogen powered cars overtake their electric cars. what's the

deal when we all supposed to be driving plug in electric cars that are on offer as part of car sharing plans in many cities. but now hydrogen vehicles are the thing. over the past 2 decades several hydrogen models have been unveiled though most of them use hydrogen in combustion engines but what about hydrogen cars with electric motors like this one. we asked the head of the german hydrogen and fuel cell association about the advantage over plug in each cost. of a plug in electric cars have a distance problem and the ranges are growing become with up to 4 hours recharging time who wants to set off on vacation and have to take a 4 hour break every 250 kilometers it's not an option. how does this h 2 powered car work it involves the kind of battery known as a fuel cell. from the air and hydrogen from the tank come together and react in the

fuel cell producing electricity that post the car's electric engine. what comes out of the title pipe. unlike combustion engines no exhaust fumes or carbon dioxide are produced. but only a few car makers manufacture them such as hi i'm guy on toyota and the technology remains expensive a car like this toyota mirai costs 79000 euros at the moment in the future and new model is expected to sell for about $64000.00 euros why is it still so costly. why the vehicles are sufficiently well developed to be sold at ordinary car prices if they were mass produced. but at the moment there's a lack of demand perhaps also there's not enough state intervention to ensure that enough vehicles are accepted. that's all well

and good but so far the hydrogen itself is mainly produced using fossil fuels not exactly climate friendly. the phone wolf institute for systems and innovation research has calculated how much h. t. would be needed in germany to fully exploit hydrogen technologies and it's unlocked . in 2018 a total of 560 terawatt hours of electric power was used in germany even if electricity consumption is state the same in 2050 as much as double that would be required to produce all the hydrogen needed for fuel cells and for making synthetic fuels. to generate all those her extra power germany would have to expand wind and solar on a massive scale to produce both enough hydrogen for transportation and enough electricity for other uses. that would mean. that. if we want to or are allowed to use hydrogen for mobility then this hydrogen can

only be generated with renewable energy. we would have to build up trade relations with countries with huge amounts of space sunshine and wind available and that are willing to become our energy providers of the future. sustainable energy plants would have to be built there so hydrogen could be produced and transported via pipelines or ships to germany to transport your. case so the message is renewable energy would have to be expanded massively to produce enough hydrogen but not only is there still a lack of hydrogen but also if the necessary infrastructure such as filling stations in the capital berlin there are currently just 5 hydrogen filling stations and a total of 19 throughout germany. filling up takes just 3 minutes and then the car can travel 500 kilometers. just remotely made of driving 100. costs just as much as with

a diesel engine so it's not more expensive for the customer the industry has agreed to build a significant number of filling stations up to $400.00 of them without looking at exactly how many cars there actually are. support from policymakers not just to expand renewable energies but also hydrogen production in december the german government launched a new pilot project in chile siemens plans to produce synthetic fuels using hydrogen experts think that h.t. technology in the form of fuel cells is also being taken more seriously. and put some 10 years ago it was more like an engineers dream it's such a cool and clever technology and we now have clear binding climate targets in the green below gave us more ambitious targets we realized these are not attainable with conventional combustion engines we simply need different technologies. on the other hand the global market for hydrogen on synthetic fuels may trauma. scientists

at the founder of the institute calculate that the market value 190000000000 euros by 2030 and as much as 680000000000 euros by 2050. good prospects than the hydrogen technology. in 10 years many more of these vehicles looks to be cruising through the country. it's still not a given hydrogen as a fuel for cars sounds great but gas could one day play a major role in slowing global warming still it's not always the best technology that wins it's the one that clinches market share and rides the network effect some analysts are warning of a bubble a frenzy of hydrogen related stocks has companies trading at extreme prices based on expectations that their revenue will surge in the future despite worries about possible headwinds for the sector it was a similar burst of enthusiasm about 20 years ago that proved short lived and

another thing is abundant energy source has to get a lot greener 1st to make an impact on the planet if it really hits the streets that is or takes its place in other industries. hydrogen is considered an important energy source of the future it's a post to make up a key part of europe's transition to sustainable sources of power. the dutch court of rotterdam is investing in h 2 in a big way. it's planning to build a hydrogen network covering the entire ports aiming to become a hub for producing importing and transporting the gas to other european countries but is hydrogen truly green. hydrogen itself is actually colorless but it's called gray blue or indeed green depending on the manufacturing process used to produce it today most hydrogen is grain it's made from fossil fuels like natural gas and coal

and produces high levels of c o 2 emissions. blue hydrogen is also grey in the sense that it too is gained from fossil fuels but the climate damaging c o 2 is captured and stored in empty gas fields under the sea for example. so the carbon footprint is significantly lower. in the green many factoring process hydrogen is derived from water and this is the only form of 82 production that can be described as sustainable and a lot of it was. all hydrogen so the same because it's almost the molecule true but the different manufacturing processes determine how high the greenhouse gas emissions are and how clean the hydrogen is. green hydrogen is produced by splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen with the help of electricity.

but that electricity doesn't always come from 0 emission sources. so even green hydrogen is only sustainable if the power used to make it comes from renewable. such as wind also low power. only then is it produced without emitting any carbon dioxide. if it's to be green and sustainable the hydrogen has to be produced using renewables ashed it. but what if a country doesn't have enough renewable electricity to cover the need for green hydrogen production. germany for example has insufficient wind and solar power so by 2050 the country will have to import 45000000 tons of hydrogen the risk there is that transporting it of a long distances by ship or pipeline could cause further environmental damage. i'm 100. 1 point of course a certification we need

a global certification system to really prove that this hydrogen has been produced from green electricity. right now we don't have that because there's no agreement on it yet. another hurdle for a quick transition to truly green hydrogen is the cost. bins it moment in didn't give me a thing that if you compare renewable green or even hydrogen with fossil fuels under the current regulatory framework then it's a very expensive option is this and another for the total value and. but as more electricity is produced from renewable sources green hydrogen should become less expensive. for cars predict the cost will more than half by 2030 but so far the production of green hydrogen is not widespread in the european union. experts predict that the blue option where the c

o 2 emitted during production is stored remain a key source of hydrogen for years to come. well germany is keen on expanding its capacity for hydrogen production the aim is to produce the gas on an industrial scale with 0 emissions is green hydrogen would be used not only for fuels but also for heating and generating electricity still produces like to cope and get are investing billions of euros to make production climate you troll with the help of hydrogen power even oil giants are getting in on the act b.p. developing a renewable hydrogen project at its refinery here in germany to replace a big chunk of its fossil based hydrogen consumption the road to greener energy leads to m. slammed the northern german district hopes to play a leading role in the country's transition to renewable energy.

tim huisman coordinates the development of hydrogen production infrastructure in the region. this wind back together with offshore wind turbines to generate the power that will be used to produce hydrogen in a carbon neutral process. behind using hydrogen is to achieve c o 2 neutrality and strength from fossil fuels using renewable energies replacing all that natural gas and petroleum by alternatives and that has to be. solar energy. and is in good shape economically with modern industrial and commercial enterprises well funded with taxes the region can afford to invest heavily in the energy transition. oil multi-national b.p. runs a huge refinery in m's land. refineries like this one are among the biggest industrial

consumers of hydrogen several tons per hour needed to remove sulfur from the gasoline and diesel produced here. but what's being used is so-called grey hydrogen derived from natural gas in a process which emits large amounts of climate damaging c o 2 the plant is being converted so that in future it can produce carbon neutral green hydrogen and don't forget that there are large furnishes and plants like these large amounts of energy are needed here it's 120 megawatts 128 reactor tubes filled with catalysts it's highly energy intensive and produces lots of c o 2 the new planet just pure. needs much less energy with almost no c o 2. but it's very expensive without state subsidies it would be difficult to realize the plans the thought of this has to be subsidized green hydrogen costs

more than great hydrogen so there's no economic incentive for it why would a market driven company use green hydrogen but it just costs them money and their customers won't pay for it so subsidies are essential and both the german government and the e.u. agree that they will be in the billions. making industrial facilities more eco friendly cost a lot of money at this power plant green hydrogen could soon replace natural gas. and german energy multinational plans to build one of the world's biggest hydrogen production plants on this field green hydrogen is opening up entirely new business opportunities. says that we already have large cavern storage facilities in our portfolio in which we can temporarily store the large amounts of hydrogen generated by using wind.

vailable industries and gas power plants that are switching to a. stored energy. coordinated tim says it's important to implement green hydrogen quickly that way the existing natural gas pipeline system can be used for distribution allowing the hydrogen to be transported to every corner of the country. green hydrogen will be dispensable in many sectors which is why it should have been invested in years ago. but it's only now that the course has been set the 1st green hydrogen plants in should be up and running next year well one good thing about this pandemic for the planet has been the fact that most of us have been locked up at home denied any real sort of travel no exotic holidays

no beach time for me i've been locked up here in the studio an economic catastrophe because one in 10 jobs around the world are into reason and officials reckon. probably again until 2023 and what they could do in the meantime is trying to clean up the business choosing to fly comes at a high price in terms of emissions. say we might soon change that with 0 emission hydrogen powered aircraft but is that realistic. remember when flying was fun. an adventure for free spirits jet set feeling. but look at all the fossil fuel that has to be burned to get you flushed the sky. line is the fastest white into the climate crisis how do you think. that there's hope and innovative ideas the industry is trying to reduce

its carbon footprint. there are many many reasons to believe in hydrogen. will lower flight soon be eco friendly what's behind the green hydrogen hype. more than 20000 planes when operational around the world before the pandemic carrying over 4500000000 passengers and 2900. most of them were frequent flyers on domestic flights in the us and china and they accounted for about a quarter of all of the asian emissions the problem with aviation is that they're a very tiny minority of the world takes a huge share of that message while 80 percent has never seen any. direct c o 2 emissions from a vacation accounted for at least 2 percent of global emissions in 2019 doesn't sound like much. unfortunately the last intelligence activity that human

beings can buy and while you can get an electric car or swap meet for veggies there isn't really a viable eco friendly alternative to long distance air travel yet. how did we get into this. let's go back to where it all began. the world humans and if. there is a. ready. you know a promise of a world that is increasingly connected to it was a jet set activity flying was so exclusive because it was very expensive. airplane it was like a limousine. an ordinary us domestic ground trip cost around $600.00 back in the 1970 s. and walking $4000.00 in today's money. but then the market was deregulated low cost carriers emerged and growth became target number one believe it or this year alone

100000000 people haitian fly for the 1st time and people from the privilege of a few into a service from many. of these are markets this is a population that is as a 1st to fly 1st for probably one of the freedom it brings from new have ports to new markets disguise was the limit for the aviation industry. until 2021 to coronavirus it grounded most of the world's aircraft but the industry is expected to bounce back soon. we think that we will see a return to that. traffic by the end of the war ok so people who want to fly and will fly but does it have to involve blasting fossil fuel emissions into the air. perhaps not and the industry has been quite creative and proposing alternatives. at least.

14 different technologies that have proposed. this stuff i guess professor for tourism and transport in sweden focused on a vacation since the beginning of his academic career. i think we need. everything for example in this. replacing aircraft that was early in the ninety's. completely new african models like this one. blended wing technology to save kerosene so long. plant based fuels the so-called biofuels were all the rage. the dutch shell and company kalen for example prided itself on using them the great thing about biofuels is that we can make them using algae. sugarcane seeds we don't even from cooking oil fuel is great for c o 2 but there isn't enough of it around that's like a lamb is getting everyone together to produce biofuel on a large scale ok and

a leading ally in by field but caleb's actual share of biofuels was only 0.18 percent of their total fuel consumption and $29000.00 in the end they were sued for misleading marketing. very recently because. electric aircraft and we were convinced that the electrical revolution would happen in aerospace as well so we launched a fully electric powered aircraft which we called the. a project that was cancelled the year before it was scheduled to make its 1st flight well. as a scientist measure progress and that is emissions going down and we haven't seen that. now hydrogen is supposed to save the planet. that were believed in what how represents is most pivotal why they say hydrogen has at least 3 striking features number one it's a versatile energy carrier and can power aircraft with high energy demand where

better rates would be no alternative. hydrogen can be made using renewable energy meaning the production can be environmentally friendly did so-called green hydrogen is what they were. what we're talking about here is really powering aviation with renewable energy. it does not pollute hydrogen when burned in its new c o 2 and almost no air pollution which of course is the biggest plus ok sounds great . and 2035 is this. to come in service with a green green certified commercial aircraft. 2035 why so late the core challenges are to really build an aircraft that can safely run on hydrogen biggest storage and a whole new design will be needed before hydrogen planes can take off. and the

infrastructure fighter jet needs to be developed from planes to refuel into production building up a coherent hydrogen system takes time and costs a lot of money. and finally there's simply not enough green hydrogen available yet the share of the new builds worldwide the still too low to produce enough eco friendly hydrogen for the industry right now the hydrogen we use is almost entirely made from natural gas and coal. and of course it's all just a promise and promises have been broken by the time it does work it may be too late the problem with hydrogen is that it doesn't work yet well it's simply not there yet despite industry assurances we are being out so if we can't reduce the sea with through. work towards earth and see what the future scientists like stefan gosling remain skeptical. well after 25 years of think i'm entitled to an opinion so

just tell you i don't i don't think the sectors any interest in taking. everything we've seen in terms of discussion on proposals has always just been a proposition for the future as long as the aviation industry its business model is based on fossil fuels and growth initiatives will continue to rise that's why activist and scientists are calling for stricter regulation we need to governance to to address this problem it is leave it to the airlines i'm very skeptical we will see a solution so back to our original question with our flights the eco friendly. put simply no they won't hydrogen. will need more time to reach its potential but we can help reduce emissions knowledge by making choices about how we travel and traveling less one of the possible because technology alone will not be able to

save all a planet. only if we can do that i am i was. a clean fuel of the future or just a lot of hot air thanks for joining us for another episode of the w.'s in depth is the show may see you again sir.

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