Blue Hydrogen Plant Touted For Louisiana, But Will It Reduce Carbon?

"Study says process might lead to even more greenhouse emissions than burning natural gas"

"Colorless, odorless and highly combustible, hydrogen has been touted as the fuel of the future in a world searching for clean energy. When burned, hydrogen fuel leaves behind only water, unlike the fossil fuels that are largely responsible for pumping more carbon into the atmosphere, making the world hotter, seas higher and storms fiercer.

In Louisiana, this seemingly miraculous alternative could be used to decarbonize the industrial sector that is responsible for almost two thirds of the state's greenhouse gas emissions.

But the energy produced is only as clean as the methods used to extract hydrogen in the first place."

Halle Parker reports for Nola.com November 3, 2021.