It's hard to decarbonise when you can't get the zero carbon fuel The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that the world will need 3,585 gigawatts of electrolyser capacity to meet the demand for green hydrogen in 2050, compared to 1 gigawatt of installed capacity today. There is a huge supply side shortage to overcome if the world is successfully to transition from a hydrocarbon to a hydrogen based economy. It is debatable how long this supply side shortage will last,

Annus Horribilis What a horrible year 2022 is turning out to be. 30 year peaks in Inflation. Rising interest rates. Recession. War in Ukraine. Capital flight from increasingly totalitarian China. Taiwan Tension. Gas shortages. A continuing Covid-19 pandemic. In the light of geopolitical tension and macro-economic meltdown, we might all be forgiven for feeling a bit like Rishi Sunak, this month’s UK Prime Minister, who declined to go to COP 27, citing work pressures at home. H