Page 36: of Marine News Magazine (July 2022)

35 37

Feature

Alternative Fuels

In a foreword, written by Remi Eriksen, DNV’s group DOE’s next steps president and CEO, Eriksen comments that in many ways, Given the extensive history on H research it’s worth asking:

H “should be thought of as the low-carbon energy source How did this body of work inform DOE’s request for com- of last resort. However, it is desperately needed (especially) ments pertaining to directions and goals for Hydrogen Shot?

in those sectors which are dif? cult or impossible to elec- Unfortunately, DOE won’t answer any questions about the trify, like aviation, shipping, and high-heat industrial pro- public comments it received, not even how many comments cesses.” Eriksen writes that safety “must not become (hy- were sent in. A spokesperson said that “due to certain sensi- drogen’s) Achilles heel.” tivities, speci? c questions about the RFIs (requests for informa-

To get H fast-tracked, DNV presents 10 key consider- tion) aren’t being addressed.” The sensitivities were not detailed.

ations for policymakers. These reference safety gaps, “de- Sometime between 2023 and 2026 DOE plans on se- mand-side policies” to stimulate “offtake,” i.e., customers, lecting at least four regional H hubs. The other tasks— new regulations, e.g., carbon taxes, across different energy a H Roadmap, a clean H standard, and electrolysis and systems and the need for CCS—carbon capture and stor- manufacturing—will be mostly analytical, research based, age—at a huge scale. funded over the next four years.

www.marinelink.com MN 37|