Lex in depth: how the hydrogen hype fizzled out

Once viewed as a superfuel that could decarbonise large chunks of the economy, the likely uses are shrinking dramatically.

The problem is not just that scaling up hydrogen is harder than hoped. There is also rising uncertainty over how useful it will actually turn out to be. This 2021-picture shows one of the worlds's first plants for the production of green hydrogen on the site of the "Shell Energy an Chemicals Park Rheinland" of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell in Wesseling, western Germany.
The problem is not just that scaling up hydrogen is harder than hoped. There is also rising uncertainty over how useful it will actually turn out to be. This 2021-picture shows one of the worlds's first plants for the production of green hydrogen on the site of the "Shell Energy an Chemicals Park Rheinland" of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell in Wesseling, western Germany.Foto: Ina Fassbender/AFP/NTB
Publisert 23. May 2024, kl. 19.51Oppdatert 23. May 2024, kl. 19.51