Is green hydrogen the same as the hydrogen industries already use?

Chemically, yes. The molecule is identical. What differs is how it's made. Today's industrial hydrogen, called grey hydrogen, comes from natural gas or coal and releases CO2. Green hydrogen is made by splitting water with renewable electricity, so it arrives clean. For fertilizer and refining, it slots straight in.

Can green hydrogen replace coal in steelmaking?

It can, in a specific way. Steel uses carbon to strip oxygen from iron ore, and that's where most emissions come from. Hydrogen does the same job and gives off water instead. The method, called direct reduced iron, already works at pilot scale. The hold up is cost and the need for new plants.

Why is cement so hard to decarbonize with hydrogen?

Because fuel isn't the main problem. Making cement means heating limestone until it breaks down, and that reaction releases CO2 on its own, whatever you burn. Hydrogen can clean the heat, but it can't stop the chemistry. Cement needs carbon capture alongside it.

How much more expensive is green hydrogen than natural gas?

Quite a bit, today. Green hydrogen runs around three times the cost of the grey hydrogen made from natural gas that it would replace. That gap is the main reason adoption is slow, and in 2025 several big projects paused when the maths didn't work.

When will green hydrogen become affordable for industry?

For feedstock, the gap is closing fastest, helped by policy support. For high heat, most point to the 2030s before real cost parity. It depends on three things: the price of renewable power, the cost of electrolysers, and how seriously carbon gets priced. Until then, fossil fuel replacement in industries moves sector by sector.

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