Some say it's the fuel of the future that will soon power large parts of our economies. Others say it's just a hoax propagated by the oil and gas industry. But either way, EVERYONE in the energy world is talking about hydrogen. Can it really help us get to net zero?

Reporter: Malte Rohwer-Kahlmann
Camera: Christian Caurla
Video Editor: David Jacobi
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer

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Global Hydrogen Review 2021 from the International Energy Agency: https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/5bd46d7b-906a-4429-abda-e9c507a62341/GlobalHydrogenReview2021.pdf

Powering ships with fuel cells: https://theicct.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Zero-emission-container-corridor-hydrogen-3.5.2020.pdf

Hydrogen-powered aircraft: https://theicct.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/LH2-aircraft-white-paper-A4-v4.pdf

Study on blue hydrogen's emissions: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ese3.956

Report on Shell's blue hydrogen plant: https://www.globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/fossil-gas/shell-hydrogen-true-emissions/

Special thanks to:
Noel Tomnay, Global Head of Hydrogen Consulting at Wood Mackenzie, for a background interview.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:37 What is hydrogen?
01:34 How can we use the stuff?
04:41 The hydrogen rainbow
08:49 No silver bullet
10:47 What's next for hydrogen?