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Breaking the hard-to-abate bottleneck in China’s path to carbon neutrality with clean hydrogen
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Countries such as China are facing a bottleneck in their paths to carbon neutrality: abating emissions in heavy industries and heavy-duty transport. There are few in-depth studies of the prospective role for clean hydrogen in these ‘hard-to-abate’ (HTA) sectors. Here we carry out an integrated dynamic least-cost modelling analysis. Results show that, first, clean hydrogen can be both a major energy carrier and feedstock that can significantly reduce carbon emissions of heavy industry. It can also fuel up to 50% of China’s heavy-duty truck and bus fleets by 2060 and significant shares of shipping. Second, a realistic clean hydrogen scenario that reaches 65.7 Mt of production in 2060 could avoid US$1.72 trillion of new investment compared with a no-hydrogen scenario. This study provides evidence of the value of clean hydrogen in HTA sectors for China and countries facing similar challenges in reducing emissions to achieve net-zero goals.
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- Authors
- Yang, X., Nielsen, C. P., Song, S., & McElroy, M. B.
- Venue
- Nature Energy
- Published
- 2022-09-29
- Volume
- 7
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 955-965
- ISSN
- 2058-7546 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4297996718
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- 432
- References
- 22
- FWCI
- 14.63
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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