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๐๐ ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ป ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐? "๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข"
Hydrogen is an energy carrier that can be generated from sustainable sources and ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ potential for ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐. Alternatives such as ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐๐ are not. Yet, green hydrogen today still costs between โฌ10-โฌ20 per kilo in the Netherlands, making it relatively expensive compared to gasoline, diesel, or biogas.
The "minimum ambition" of "On the way to SEB" leads to the fact that the ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ is often chosen, which is not always hydrogen. As a result, the hydrogen transition threatens to be delayed ๐, while it is precisely economies of scale and innovation that can bring the price down.
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐บ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต? ๐ญ๐ก
๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต
At a recent presentation by Toyota Motor Europe, it was stated that hydrogen at the pump ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ โฌ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐ผ. This low rate stimulates investments in hydrogen vehicles, especially trucks. As a result, developments in ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐, ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด.
The idea: ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐บ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐: ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐?
In Europe, the focus is entirely on green hydrogen & leftovers. The Netherlands goes a step further in this: ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ต๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐. This sounds sustainable, but it sometimes makes a kWh very expensive.
Alternative fuels, such as Biogas and HVO, seem cheaper then, but these fuels do not offer a long-term and large-scale solution.
As a result, Europe, ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐, threatens to become completely dependent on Chinese components and technology.
โก ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
Should we stick to green hydrogen? Or should we, like China, strongly substitute and accept that blue and even gray hydrogen can be an intermediate step to get the market and technology going?
The electric car has also been greatly stimulated in the Netherlands, without a requirement for green electricity.
๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐น๐:
should we stop stimulating fuels that are not scalable in the long term, such as HVO and Biogas? โ๏ธ โ
๐ฌ What do you think? Share your opinion in the comments!