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As part of Beijing's carbon reduction goals, China's traditional fossil fuel giants are racing to take the lead in hydrogen energy, cities are making plans to develop it as a clean power source, and automakers are developing hydrogen-driven vehicles.

 

Turning one of the most abundant substances in nature into efficient energy has been a dream for decades. Research on hydrogen energy has been up and down amid oil crises, climate change and fluctuations in crude oil prices. In the context of strengthening global pledges and cooperation on carbon reduction, hydrogen energy has become a hot bet for many countries including China.

 

Hydrogen is a clean and potentially renewable fuel. When used in fuel cells, it produces clean electricity by combining with oxygen and creates only water as a byproduct. But extracting hydrogen from fossil fuels is energy intensive and produces massive amounts of carbon dioxide and other pollution. Splitting hydrogen from oxygen in water molecules takes even more electricity. Carbon dioxide is one of the main greenhouse gases causing global warming.

 

Source : https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia