RICE UNIVERSITY'S BAKER INSTITUTE
FOR PUBLIC POLICY INDICATES
THAT CLEAN ENERGY COULD BE THE STATE'S
FUTURE THE SAME ENERGY AND GEOLOGY
THAT HAS MADE TEXAS A POWERHOUSE AND OIL
AND NATURAL GAS COULD PROVE TO PLACE
THE STATE IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION AS A HYDROGEN
FUEL MARKET SAYS A NEW REPORT FROM
RICE UNIVERSITY'S BAKER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC
POLICY. THIS COULD HELP THE STATE WITH A MORE
NATURAL DECARBONIZATION TRANSITION
AND ENHANCE ITS ECONOMY. A
CONVERSION OF TEXAS EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
AND INDUSTRIAL HYDROGEN FUEL USAGE TO
LOW CARBON PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES WOULD
LIKELY BE THE FASTEST ROAD TO ESTABLISHING
WIDER USE OF H TWO INDICATED
THE REPORT TEXAS IS IN A VERY
ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION TO PLAY A LEADING ROLE
IN DRIVING HYDROGEN MARKET GROWTH. BUT
THE EVOLUTION OF POLICY AND MARKET STRUCTURE WILL
DICTATE WHETHER OR NOT THIS COMES TO PASS,
WROTE BAKER INSTITUTE CENTER FOR ENERGY
STUDIES, SENIOR DIRECTOR KEN MEDLOCK AND THE
CENTER'S RESEARCH MANAGER. SEE YOU
ELISE HUNG. THE CO AUTHORS OF THE REPORT
DIVERSITY IS AMONG THE
GREATEST STRENGTHS H TWO
HAS TO OFFER, POINTED OUT MEDLOCK
AND HUNG. IT CAN BE PRODUCED
IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS, INCLUDING STEAM,
METHANE REFORMING, ELECTROLYSIS
AND PYRE ALEXIS SO IT
CAN LEVERAGE A VARIETY OF COMPARATIVE
ADVANTAGES ACROSS REGIONS. READ THE
REPORT. H TWO IS ALSO
BEING USED IN FUEL CELLS FOR
ELECTRICITY GENERATION AND
CAN BE USED FOR POWER AND HEAT, SAYS
THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S DESCRIPTION
OF THE FUEL, THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE
IN TEXAS WOULD MAKE IT EASIER TO
BYPASS MANY HYDROGEN FUEL
TRANSITION HURDLES
TEXAS HAS AN ADVANTAGE OF ITS
EXISTING GEOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT WOULD ALLOW IT TO MINIMIZE ANY
TRANSITION CHALLENGES, THEREBY
KEEPING H TWO MORE AFFORDABLE. THE
STATE ALREADY HAS SUBSTANTIAL NATURAL
GAS PRODUCTION, TRANSPORTATION
STORAGE AND END USE INFRASTRUCTURE
AND NETWORKS. IN ADDITION TO ITS EXISTING
STRONG INDUSTRIAL SECTOR, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTION
OF CHEMICALS, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND
PLASTICS COULD PROVE BENEFICIAL
IN DECARBONIZATION AND ACHIEVING
CLIMATE GOALS. THIS,
COMBINED WITH THE STATE'S POSITION AS THE LARGEST
PORK CAPACITY IN THE COUNTRY, ALL
COME TOGETHER FOR SUBSTANTIAL ADVANTAGES
IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT.
TEXAS IS ALSO THE PRODUCER
OF A ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE HYDROGEN FUEL
IN THE COUNTRY AND IS HOME TO ABOUT THE
SAME AMOUNT OF U. S. H. TO TRANSPORT
INFRASTRUCTURE. COMBINED WITH THE COASTAL
GEOLOGY OF THE STATE, WHICH IS WELL SUITED
TO BOTH H TWO AND CARBON STORAGE.
SETTING THE STATE UP AS A LEADER IN HYDROGEN FUEL
SEEMS A NEARLY NATURAL FIT. JAKE
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