Overview

As many nations strive to achieve carbon neutrality, hydrogen is becoming increasingly looked upon to decarbonise many sectors. However, hydrogen itself is an indirect greenhouse gas which is currently not being accounted for in any emissions accounting/reporting. Therefore, to ensure carbon neutral targets are actually being met, it would be important to include.

Despite this, there is no hydrogen economy infrastructure in place so it is difficult to predict how emissions from a global hydrogen economy would change relative to current levels. We present the results of our study which estimates hydrogen emissions across various potential hydrogen supply chains to estimate the CO2 equivalence as well as compare the emissions to methane emissions from natural gas supply chains.

Speaker

Jasmin Cooper, Research Associate, Sustainable Gas Institute, Imperial College London

Jasmin graduated from The University of Manchester in 2013 with a First-class degree in Chemical Engineering with Environmental Technology. She then went on to do her PhD in life cycle sustainability and sustainable development at The University of Manchester, graduating in 2017.

Her PhD research assessed the impacts of developing shale gas in the UK and utilising it to generate electricity, to ascertain whether or not it is possible to develop it sustainably and if it could be a viable option for UK electricity (combining environmental, economic and social concerns and impacts).

Jasmin joined the Sustainable Gas Institute in 2018 and is involved in the Methane Environmental Programme. Her research interests include life cycle assessment, life cycle costing, social sustainable assessment, multi-criteria decision analysis and life cycle modelling.

The material presented has not been peer-reviewed. Any opinions are the presenter's own and do not necessarily represent those of IChemE or the Environment & Clean Technology Special Interest Group. The information is given in good faith but without any liability on the part of IChemE.

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