Scotland’s hydrogen export hopes are more than hot air | Scotland

Hundreds of thousands of jobs would be created in Scotland if the nation can win a slice of the £17 billion market for hydrogen in Europe.Plans to position Scotland as a significant exporter in the nascent sector could be stepped up as research shows that there is already demand from German industries keen to wean themselves off fossil fuels.A green hydrogen electrolyser is typically powered by renewable energy, such as wind farms or solar arrays. Water vapour is the only byproduct.It had been thought that a move to hydrogen as a fuel would be led by blue hydrogen, where electrolysis is powered by gas. However, with gas prices across Europe remaining high, the jump straight to green hydrogen could be quicker than

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