Why Hydrogen…

Hydrogen is the most the most abundant element in the universe and is a key part of the global transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions.

Getting to net zero emissions is hard. Our energy system is complex, involves multiple different stakeholders and requires flexible, reliable and affordable technologies. In the last decade the world has made enormous progress in delivering new zero emission ways of producing electricity. Indeed, new Solar PV and Wind projects produce power at a lower cost than any conventional alternative.

 

But electricity only a small part of the story. Indeed, in the UK today over 80% of energy is consumed as a fuel for transportation, heat and industrial processes, with less than 20% of energy consumed as electricity. What is needed is a way to use the increasingly abundant and low cost renewable electricity we can produce, and to store it as a fuel.

 Green hydrogen offers several significant advantages, that compliment established renewable technologies:

  1. It can be stored (sometimes indefinitely) at low costs,

  2. It can be transported over significant distances,

  3. It can provide resiliency for extreme events or for critical processes, and,

  4. It can be used for multiple energy requirements including heating, mobility and power.

Green hydrogen is therefore an essential complimentary technology for organisations looking to achieve Net Zero. By creating a green fuel from increasingly low cost renewable power, Protium provides a cheaper, more flexible and crucially zero emission energy system alternative to companies. Hydrogen can be used in a blend with natural gas, or combusted 100% to replace fossil fuels in burners, boilers, CHP systems and turbines. Alternatively it can be used to power commercial vehicles including, trains, planes and ships, replacing diesel, jet fuel and bunker oil with only green hydrogen.