A report by Hydrogen Council explores hydrogen, examining three critical areas. By using new data on the material intensities of key technologies, the report estimates the amount of critical minerals needed to scale clean hydrogen.
According to the report, the overall material footprint of the sector is unlikely to cause major stress to most material markets involved, indeed in some markets, such as platinum it may actually relieve stress that could occur with the decline in demand from current uses.
However, the broader context of a potentially materially intensive low-carbon transition needs to be borne in mind, implying that materials crucial for different aspects of the hydrogen sector may be under significant strain from demand elsewhere
This means that reducing the material stress from clean hydrogen will be beneficial to both the deployment…