The Hydrogen Revolution
a blueprint for the future of clean energy
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A Financial Times BEST BOOKS OF 2021
'Engaging, authoritative and very timely. Marco Alverà spells Hydrogen's critical role as an energy store in the clean power transition' - Mike Berners-Lee, author of THERE IS NO PLANET B
Picture this: It's 2050. The looming shadow of climate change is finally receding. The planet's temperature is stabilising. Rainforests and coral reefs beginning to thrive once more. We are returning to equilibrium with nature.
This isn't wishful thinking; it can be our reality. We just need to embrace hydrogen: the missing link.
The beauty of hydrogen is its simplicity. It's simple to make, and simple to use. You are essentially bottling sunlight from renewable energy sources in the form of hydrogen, and using it to bring clean energy to every corner of the globe. The best part about hydrogen is that when you use it, the only by-product is water.
As energy expert Marco Alverà explains, if we're going to heal the climate, we need to start thinking big. This book is the blueprint for how to get us there. Whether you are a policy maker, a business person, an activist, or simply curious, the message is this: there is hope, for us and our planet. Hydrogen can help save the world.
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Current efforts to mitigate climate change are "way off track," argues Alverà, CEO of Italian energy company Snam, in his accessible debut. Catastrophic flooding, rising waters, and hotter-than-usual temperatures continue to wreak havoc globally, and as Alverà bemoans the damage, he looks at the promise of hydrogen, weighs its pros and cons, and explains the steps that businesses, policymakers, and consumers need to take to unlock its full potential. He offers a primer on the element, "the simplest and most abundant... in the universe," and highlights its early uses—it played a part in creating the first battery in 1792, for example, and was crucial in the development of Zeppelins. Alverà also digs into the tech behind extraction methods and breaks down different "colors" of hydrogen (there's pink hydrogen, which is made with electrolysis and nuclear power, and turquoise, which comes from pyrolysis). Plenty of time is dedicated to the role that industry, governments, and the general public can play—countries can impose a carbon tax, for example, which makes clean energy more competitive, and there's the Green Hydrogen Catapult, a coalition of companies, Snam among them, working to bridge gaps between supply and demand. Part manifesto, part handbook, Alverà's volume should be of interest to science buffs and environmentalists alike.
