Hydrogen kaleidoscope comes into focus
Each of the ‘colours’ of hydrogen production will come under intense scrutiny in 2021
It has become commonplace for commentators to argue that climate change is an even greater threat to our future wellbeing than the pandemic. This has added to its potency as a factor shaping any look at the future of the energy sector. There are now animated discussions in every major capital on the planet about the energy transition, with country after country declaring its intention to make its energy system carbon-neutral by mid-century. Climate change is now a mainstream political issue. The victory of Joe Biden in the US presidential election completed its transfer from the margins to the centre of the global agenda. He will return the US to the Paris Agreement and has already made it c

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