Green Hydrogen | UPSC Current Affairs 2023

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👉As per the study published in the journal Nature Energy, Green hydrogen would likely supply less than 1 per cent of final energy globally by 2035.
👉What is green hydrogen?
Hydrogen when produced by electrolysis using renewable energy is known as Green Hydrogen which has no carbon footprint.

👉Challenges for green hydrogen:

✍Low investment
✍Low stage of technology for sustainable production
✍The challenges in ramping up the supply of electrolysers — a device in which green hydrogen is produced Electrolysis capacity is still tiny compared to where we need to be in 2050 for Net Zero emissions scenarios

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