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Huge reserves of environmentally friendly fuel can be hidden under mountain ranges
Mountain ridges, such as Pyrenees and Alps, contain large reserves of natural hydrogen, which is also called “white” or “gold”. This is evidenced by the data of a new study, which was published in the journal Science Advances.
The team of scientists simulated the movement of tectonic plates of the planet and determined the regions where there are suitable conditions for the formation of “white” hydrogen, which is believed to be replaced by fossil fuel.
Natural hydrogen is formed as a result of natural geological processes, and when it is combined, water is formed, which makes it environmentally friendly fuel, especially for such energy -intensive industries as, for example, aviation and steel industry.
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The extraction of “white” hydrogen, according to Gazprom’s Director General of Gazprom, Konstantin Romanov, will be cheaper than the production of “blue” hydrogen by converting methane, and “green”, which is obtained using electrolysis.
“We knew that nature produces hydrogen, but never considered it as an option for the production of energy,” said Frank Tsvaan, the author of the study and geologist from the Gelmholtz Geonau Center in Germany. He noted that other sources of energy are more accessible, but the aggravating climatic crisis forces the authorities and science to look for alternatives.
“White” hydrogen was accidentally discovered in Mali in 1987. Then the well exploded when one of the workers leaned over her with a cigarette,writes CNN. The well was quickly bombarded, but in 2011 it was disconnected from the common network and now there is a hydrogen there to provide energy to the local village.
After that, the deposits of environmentally friendly fuel were found in the USA, Australia and France, Russia, as well as in other countries, but the problem was that they were not large enough. However, according to the study of the TsVAAN team, scientists managed to find that in some mountain ranges, including Pyrenees, Alps and part of the Himalayas, there are good conditions for the formation of “white” hydrogen.
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“This can be a turning point,” TsVAAN said. However, now, according to him, the main question is to find the places where the “white” hydrogen in large tanks that can be drilled.
A new study can help geologists navigate in the regions with the greatest potential of large deposits of “white” hydrogen and will probably have a “direct and significant impact on geological intelligence, according to the geochemist from the US geological service, Jeffrey Ellis, who did not participate in the study.
At the same time, ZVAAN himself believes that the production of “white” hydrogen for commercial rails will take decades, but it is optimistic. “Oil was a curiosity in some way, until a technique appeared that allows it to be used on a large scale,” he said. The scientist also added that natural hydrogen "can go along a similar path."
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