Role for blue hydrogen in energy transition, but green will come first: Nel CEO

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Low-carbon 'blue' hydrogen will play a role in the energy transition alongside renewable green production, but the market has underestimated the speed of the green hydrogen rollout, the CEO of electrolyzer manufacturer Nel said Sept. 8. Jon Andre Lokke said blue hydrogen, produced from fossil fuels with carbon capture and storage, would be needed in the energy transition alongside green hydrogen powered by renewable electricity, as the size of projected demand was so large. But green hydrogen was likely to come onstream and be costcompetitive with conventional 'gray' hydrogen before large blue hydrogen projects were up and running.