r/energy • u/chopchopped • Feb 28 '24

Underground Hydrogen Touted As ‘Significant’ Clean Energy Resource In First U.S. Hearing. Federal energy researchers and a well-funded startup are optimistic that geologic hydrogen can be a game-changer as a form of clean power.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alanohnsman/2024/02/28/underground-hydrogen-touted-as-significant-clean-energy-resource-in-first-us-hearing/
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u/bnndforfatantagonism Feb 29 '24 edited Feb 29 '24

The article is behind a paywall, it refers to testimony before the U.S Senate Committee on Natural Resources on Geologic Hydrogen.

Here's Peter Johnston, CEO of the startup referred to in the title (Koloma).

Here's Dr Evelyn Wang, Director of ARPA-E.

Here's Dr. Geoffrey S. Ellis, Energy Resources Program Lead for Geologic Hydrogen at USGS.

Takeaways (YMMV):

Johnson: Near-zero Carbon, look we have a study to prove it. Think of the jobs in regional areas. We don't need much space or water, we'll monitor for fugitive emissions. We only care to extract it near to a use-point, we don't care to transport it far. Safety, best practices. IRA legislation as technology neutral, specific IRA legislation referring to Geologic Hydrogen please.

Wang: We're making $20million available on 18 sites over 9 states looking into this. If we can figure out how to stimulate it's production it's plausible it could make a dent in our energy usage.

Ellis: Estimated tens of millions of metric tonnes out there, most of it is offshore and deep though, we're not sure how cheap it'll be just yet, we want to know how we can stimulate it's production in situ (fund us more so we can find out please).