Publication Overview
Hydrogen is a key raw material to other energy intensive industries. Globally, nearly 90% of the hydrogen produced industrially is consumed by the ammonia, methanol and oil refining industries. Moreover, hydrogen could soon play a significant role in the decarbonisation of power, space heating (i.e. industrial, commercial, building and residential heating) and transport fuel (i.e. use of fuel cell vehicles). Although the steam methane reformer route (SMR) is the leading technology for H2 production from natural gas or light hydrocarbons, there are other mature and emerging alternatives. Similarly, while increasing the process efficiency has shown a CO₂ emissions reduction of nearly 10%, CCS has been identified as a key strategy to cut down CO₂ emissions from hydrogen production. Against this background the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum (CSLF) decided to map activities on hydrogen production with CCS in member states and elsewhere. One conclusion of that exercise was to hold workshop with other organisations. A steering committee was formed to organise this workshop, held on November 6th 2019, and hosted by EDF and Club CO₂. This workshop was held for one day, devoted to a plenary session addressing three general topics, and including 90 attendees from 19 countries. Each session included several invited presentations, followed by a discussion among the workshop attendees. This document presents brief summaries of the three plenary sessions topics and one break-out session where all attendees were able to contribute.
Publication Summary
This was the first workshop on hydrogen production with CCS. It is recommended that IEAGHG should continue to maintain a watching brief of the developments linked to hydrogen production technologies, their integration with CCS, supply chain (transport, use and storage), policies, and market.
Based on the outputs from this workshop, previous IEAGHG studies [3]-[5] and collaborative reports [6]-[7], it is recommended that current and emerging blue hydrogen production processes should be explored. These are technologies that are different to steam methane reforming (SMR) with CCS systems.
In addition, based on the broad interest from governments, industries and academia, and the success of this workshop, it is recommended that this event should be repeated in the near future to monitor the regional and collaborative R&D strategies, results from demonstration projects, and new technologies.
These recommendations are supported by IEA Hydrogen TCP, CSLF, and Equinor, who also have expressed clear interest in cooperation with IEAGHG and encourage further collaboration.
