Green hydrogen and its methods of obtaining open new and powerful avenues of research to stop climate change
The world is in a very complicated situation. Climate change is one of the world’s main concernsand the fight against it is becoming a real common matter for the great countries of the world. In this way, one of the gases that is of most concern is carbon dioxide emissions. However, now a team of researchers has managed to create two plants capable of capturing CO2 from the seas through the electrolysis process.
A fight against climate change
A carbon dioxide removal plant has been built that has the capacity to eliminate 3,650 tons of CO2, while producing 105 tons of green hydrogen. This advance is part of two pilot programs being carried out, one in Los Angeles and the other in Singapore, with the goal of reducing Pacific Ocean water and is part as a joint project between UCLA and the National Water Agency. Singapore as explained on the UCLA blog.
World’s largest ocean-based #carbondioxide removal plant to be built in #Singapore
When fully completed, Equatic-1 will be equipped to remove 10 metric tons of carbon dioxide per day from seawater and the atmosphere. pic.twitter.com/4fUFm5AMeD— Hans Solo (@thandojo) February 28, 2024
The next step in this project is the creation of a complete processing plant, called Equatic-1, whose construction is budgeted at 20 million dollars. This plant will use the electrolysis process, using the electrical current of seawater from desalination plants to decompose water into hydrogen and oxygen, and at the same time, will safely store dissolved and atmospheric CO2. This process is being investigated by quite a few departments of all the world. In Spain, the CSIC was working on obtaining hydrogen in this way.
Once the Equatic.1 plant is operational, it is expected to have the capacity to remove 10 tons of CO2 per day and produce 300 kg of green hydrogen. This project represents a significant step towards the goal of achieving zero emissions within approximately twenty years.
While removing CO2 from our planet’s largest ocean is important, the obtaining hydrogen by completely environmentally friendly means It is also, since it may hold the key to the technology of a few years from now. In this way, we find that the vehicles of the future, whether cars or even airplanes They could work thanks to fuel cells of this type.
In short
- They have managed to build a carbon dioxide (CO2) removal plant What it produces eliminates 3,650 tons of this gas and produces 105 tons of green hydrogen.
- There are currently two pilot programs underway, one in Los Angeles and another in Singapore to reduce water from the Pacific Ocean.
- The next step is to create a complete processing plant which will be called Equatic-1 and will cost 20 million dollars.
- It uses electrolysis to pass electrical current from seawater from desalination plants, breaking down the water into hydrogen and oxygen. Stores dissolved and atmospheric CO2 safely.
- When the new plant is operational, it will be able to eliminate 10 tons of CO2 per day and produce 300 kg of green hydrogen.
- This is a way to reach net zero emissions in about twenty years.
- The development of a green hydrogen plant can serve to enhance the vehicles and technologies of the future.
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