Hydrogen could help China’s heavy industry to get greener

China is the world’s largest producer of cement, steel and other building materials, whose manufacture emits huge amounts of carbon dioxide. But an analysis now suggests that powering heavy industries with hydrogen could be a cost-effective way to reduce China’s carbon emissions — and its contribution to climate change¹.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-03084-x

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• Renewable energy