IEA wants to power hydrogen production with surplus nuclear energy, says IEA

The carbon emission-free energy could be used to produce 6 million tons per year of H2 by 2030.Surplus nuclear electricity generation can be used to power carbon emission-free hydrogen production, said a recent statement from the International Energy Agency (IEA).Installed nuclear power could make up the gap left by renewable energy needed for green H2.The IEA said that the additional unused nuclear generation capacity can be exploited for hydrogen production, particularly as the renewable energy sources needed to make green H2 have yet to reach adequate levels to meet predicted demand. The IEA’s Net Zero Emissions Scenario released in 2021 showed that the average use of global nuclear output capacity will be 84 percent by 2030. By 2040, it will be 76 percent and by 2050, it will be 77 percent.The reason the figure continues to fall is that installed capacity of renewable energy…

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