Hydrogen is the fuel of the future – and the future has arrived

  • Date: 02-Jun-2021
  • Source: The National
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Middle East
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Hydrogen is the fuel of the future – and the future has arrived

The lightest element in the periodic table, the most abundant chemical substance in the universe, and the long-promised secret weapon to win our battle against climate change. These are all common features of hydrogen. A clean-burning molecule, it can help to decarbonise a range of sectors that have been hard to clean up in the past.



Hydrogen has been touted as the “fuel of the future” since the 1970s but five decades later, that vision has yet to materialise. Perhaps part of the problem is using the label “future”. That always gives us the illusion that we have the luxury of time. But today,