Black & Veatch presents the e-book Hydrogen 2021: a Roadmap to Net Zero
As the world recognizes the growing impacts of climate change, there is a sense of urgency to accelerate the transition to energy, transportation, and industrial systems with lower greenhouse gas emissions and to achieve more sustainable modes of production and consumption.
Different industries have the opportunity to make responsible choices, choosing materials, design elements and transport methods with a view to sustainability. Hydrogen is expected to play a critical role in decarbonizing power generation and transportation, and supporting industrial feedstock and industrial processes, including hard-to-phase sectors such as steel, refining, cement, and agriculture.
According to the 2021 Corporate Sustainability, Goal Setting and Measurement report by Black & Veatch, more than 80% of surveyed companies with revenues above US$250 million have set decarbonization goals. However, the 25% of these companies are unclear about how to achieve their commitments to reduce their emissions
"It is a challenge to transform the need that leaders have into a concrete plan when they do not have all the information. Black & Veatch is developing strategic roadmaps with clients across industries to help them select the right technologies and make the right investments this decade so they can meet their commitments for the coming years," said Oscar Falcon, vice president and general manager of Black & Veatch Latin America. "Our most recent ebook Hydrogen 2021: A Roadmap to NetZero builds on this experience and shares the essential elements to create a roadmap to decarbonization that is executable," he added.
Growing recognition of hydrogen's potential makes it likely that many organizations will include it in most decarbonization plans, either directly or indirectly. However, few initiatives will be solely hydrogen-based. As a result, the ebook discusses the steps that need to be taken to establish which decarbonization technologies are best suited; and how to address their interaction with interdependent factors, such as developing an understanding of organizational change and the regulatory landscape.
Different industries have the opportunity to make responsible choices, choosing materials, design elements and transport methods with a view to sustainability. While these changes will entail, the trade-off will be a cleaner, greener built environment. "Increasingly, companies must address significant global challenges in their core business strategies and capital investments. The decarbonization of industry is the goal of our generation," added Falcón
Black & Veatch is a member of the Hydrogen Council and an advisor to the U.S. Department of Commerce's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee. Hydrogen 2021: A Roadmap to NetZero draws on the knowledge and experience of these activities, as well as cutting-edge decarbonization projects including:
Working with Long Ridge Energy Generation to modernize a 485-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle power plant making it the first major gas turbine plant in the country to transition to hydrogen fuel and the Intermountain Power Renewal Project , an 840 MW combined cycle gas facility in Utah, United States.
Helping Rocky Mountain Power integrate renewable energy and electricity storage into the grid; by executing a 650-kilowatt solar power generation and an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) project of the 1 MW and 5 MW-hour battery storage system.
Fundamental feasibility studies for the development
of the world's largest green hydrogen plant
, Enegix Energy'sBase One facility, in Ceará, Brazil, which has the potential to produce more than 600 million kilograms of green hydrogen annually.
Delivery of the Cardinal Point EPC Wind Project to create a new 150 MW onshore wind facility for Capital Power
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