Proponents of Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technologies promise that CCUS- based hydrogen (blue hydrogen) and gas power plants with CCS (gas-CCS) can offer a low-carbon solution to decarbonise industrial and power sector.
However, our report reveals that CO2 emissions from Blue Hydrogen and Gas-CCS projects could be two to three times higher than reported when considering upstream emissions from gas extraction, processing and transport.
This problem is particularly important for the UK and EU which following the 2022-23 energy crisis are increasingly reliant on imported LNG, particularly from the USA.
Blue Hydrogen and Gas-CCS projects are not inherently low-carbon and risk derailing Net Zero strategies if the prolem of upstream emissions is not addressed.
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