Natural Hydrogen
Geological hydrogen could revolutionise our low-carbon future.
Hydrogen shows promise as a low-carbon fuel. Current debate centres on whether green hydrogen, produced by splitting water via electrolysis, will compete with blue hydrogen, which is produced when natural gas is split into hydrogen and CO2, and the carbon is captured and stored, or grey hydrogen generated from natural gas, without carbon capture.
However, one promising source – naturally occurring or geological hydrogen – has largely been overlooked because it was assumed rare or too difficult to extract.
If natural hydrogen can be exploited economically, it would remove the need for clean water, which is used during green hydrogen electrolysis, and eliminate the need for expensive Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) associated with blue hydrogen.
Yet, much is unknown about natural hydrogen, and discovery of this potentially renewable resource raises several questions, such as:
- Are there any known commercial accumulations?
- How can it be exploited?
- What are the legal implications of exploring for hydrogen?
- What are the costs of production?
- Can it decarbonise and compete with existing (grey and blue) hydrogen feedstock, or even green hydrogen?
- Can hydrogen be stored in the subsurface?
The GOLDWATER SUISSE is strongly committed to develop H-Nat setting out to answer some of these questions.
