To cut carbon, model California’s LCFS: Air Products

To cut carbon, model California’s LCFS: Air Products

Houston, 21 October (Argus) — Governments looking to achieve whatever carbon-cutting goals emerge next month from the UN Cop 26 climate conference would do well to adopt the model of California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to Air Products, the world's largest hydrogen producer.

California's LCFS is a good example of a programme that has changed behaviours by incentivising demand for low-carbon fuels such as hydrogen, Air Products' vice-president of sustainability, Simon Moore, said.

"The LCFS does not worry about the technology or how you reduce the carbon footprint," Moore said. "The lower the carbon, the better. It is that simple. So if you are making blue hydrogen or if you are making green hydrogen, the lower you make the carbon intensity, the more valuable for that programme."