The International Energy Agency (IEA) Task 49 focuses on natural hydrogen, aiming to evaluate its potential as a significant clean energy resource. Task 49, under the IEA Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP), investigates the occurrence, extraction, and commercial viability of naturally occurring hydrogen.
As white hydrogen becomes a focus the world over with billions of dollars of investment happening in nations such as Australia, Japan and the US it is great to see the HyTerra story move into the spotlight.
The U.S. Department of Energy’s $6 billion investment in the Industrial Demonstrations Program aims to decarbonise key industries by advancing technologies like clean hydrogen and carbon capture.
In the USA, where the USA Federal administration is banking billions of dollars that clean hydrogen will help the United States reach its climate goals.
The Senate recently held its first congressional hearing on geologic hydrogen as covered by Forbes. This comes as the industry is gaining mainstream interest and investment.
A recent Hydrogen Insight article highlights there are potentially trillions of tonnes of naturally occurring hydrogen in underground reservoirs, a tiny percentage of which would meet all the world’s H2 needs for hundreds of years.