1 WHY Hydrogen 1.008: Tommy Isaac introduces a series on the opportunities and challenges

摘要

THE cheap,abundant and seemingly limitless energy supply of the 20th Century driven by fossil fuel consumption led to unprecedented economic growth and improvements in quality of life.But much like financial debt,the long-term cost will ultimately be higher than the short-term gain.Society has reaped the short-term benefits of fossil fuel consumption and the environmental bailiffs are now at the door.Hydrogen offers a unique cross-system opportunity for fundamental change in the energy landscape.This series of articles will provide an overview of the opportunities and challenges facing hydrogen development and deployment.The potential benefits that adoption of hydrogen would accrue to the climate cause and energy customers will be discussed,as well as the barriers which must be overcome to achieve such deployment.All technical assessments will be framed within the context of the UK energy markets(power,heating and transport)given the maturity of the UK energy markets as well as the legally-binding carbon emissions targets set by the UK Government.