In the case of green hydrogen, global projects are already underway for its massive production and to use it as an energy vector in industrial decarbonization, either as a substitute for diesel and fuel oil, or as a complement to natural gas.
Its use in vehicles and in the generation of electricity is also considered.
Usually, for these purposes we talk about green hydrogen, to a greater extent, and blue hydrogen, to a lesser extent, although we also talk about other “colors” of hydrogen, such as gray, which comes from methane, or pink, which it is obtained from nuclear energy, just to mention a few.
In this context, startups have emerged that are developing more disruptive technologies for the production of clean hydrogen, while seeking to reduce production costs.
Some of these companies are committed to technological development and a consequent improvement in the efficiency of the electrolyzers, which are the equipment that produce green hydrogen.
However, there are other even more disruptive technologies such as that of the startup Cemvita, which claims to produce another color of hydrogen: the color Prayed.
In short, its technology is based on injecting microbes into oil wells that have stopped extracting oil, for example, in marginal fields, that is, there are wells that are no longer exploited because it is no longer financially or technically viable. .
These microbes metabolize the oil in the underground rock and convert the oil into carbon that would remain underground, and the released hydrogen would rise to the surface to be captured.
Very disruptive, right?
I was recently participating in a webinar organized by the University of California, in conjunction with the United States Embassy in Mexico, the webinar was called “The Future of Hydrogen: Perspectives from the United States and Mexico.”