Following growing efforts to keep global warming to a minimum of +2 degrees Celsius, hydrogen demand is expected to increase to 78 exajoules worldwide by 2050. Today, most hydrogen is won by steam reforming methane in natural gas and is thus considered a fossil fuel. However, green hydrogen produced from renewable electrolysis is set to become cheaper and more widely available in the future, which would make it an important zero-emission energy and transport fuel source.
Projected global demand for hydrogen in a +2 degree Celsius global warming scenario from 2015 to 2050
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Air Liquide. (March 11, 2020). Projected global demand for hydrogen in a +2 degree Celsius global warming scenario from 2015 to 2050 (in exajoules) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/435467/hydrogen-demand-worldwide/
Air Liquide. "Projected global demand for hydrogen in a +2 degree Celsius global warming scenario from 2015 to 2050 (in exajoules)." Chart. March 11, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/435467/hydrogen-demand-worldwide/
Air Liquide. (2020). Projected global demand for hydrogen in a +2 degree Celsius global warming scenario from 2015 to 2050 (in exajoules). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/435467/hydrogen-demand-worldwide/
Air Liquide. "Projected Global Demand for Hydrogen in a +2 Degree Celsius Global Warming Scenario from 2015 to 2050 (in Exajoules)." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/435467/hydrogen-demand-worldwide/
Air Liquide, Projected global demand for hydrogen in a +2 degree Celsius global warming scenario from 2015 to 2050 (in exajoules) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/435467/hydrogen-demand-worldwide/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Projected global demand for hydrogen in a +2 degree Celsius global warming scenario from 2015 to 2050 (in exajoules) [Graph], Air Liquide, March 11, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/435467/hydrogen-demand-worldwide/