Green Hydrogen is here to stay. Yet Another Viable option is to Produce Methanol CH3OH from Green Hydrogen
Till now, we have discussed usage of Green hydrogen (produced through electrolysis of water by renewable energy) as a viable option to replace fossil fuels in order to reduce Carbon foor print and mitigate climate change:
(1) Green H2 as a feed stock for Oil refineries
(2) Green H2 as feed stock to Fertiliser plant
(3) Green H2 for other industries like Steel.plants , chemical industries
(4) Green Hydrogen for electricity generation though Fuel cell
(5) Green H2 as fuel for automobiles - both IC engine and Fuel cell route
(6) Green H2 to produce Green Ammonia , Ammonia thus becomes a hydrogen carrier and can directly be used as A fuel.
(7) Green hydrogen as a kitchen fuel in line with PNG(piped natural gas)
Now, yet another viable option is to use Green H2 to produce Green methanol CH3OH from carbon dioxide and methanol in stead can be used in place of fossil fuels. Methanol has been widely used as an automobile fuel like petrol /diesel /Ethanol C2H5OH.
While 1 molecule of methanol on burning still can produce 1 molecule of carbon dioxide, however can be recycled back to produce Methanol. Infact, the entire process is Carbon negative as
“for producing 1 kg of methanol would require 1.4 kg of CO2, where as burning 1kg methanol as fuel would produce only 1kg of CO2”
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