The role of hydrogen in a changing energy system
Meeting global climate goals requires significant changes to the way energy is produced and used. Across the world, many countries have made commitments to achieve ‘net zero’ emissions and to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
As energy systems evolve, there's growing consensus that hydrogen will play an important role as a clean transportation fuel, a cleaner industry feedstock, and an energy carrier for industrial power. To fulfil this potential, we need to ensure that it is produced via a low carbon footprint route.
This means seeking pathways to remove carbon from the production process by deploying technologies to create hydrogen using renewable energy sources such as electrolytic hydrogen.
Clean hydrogen solutions
As a leader in hydrogen activities for decades, Johnson Matthey’s expertise cuts across key parts of the hydrogen value chain. Today, we’re focusing our capabilities on delivering market-leading components for electrolysers, fuel cells, and hydrogen internal combustion engine (H2ICE) technologies.
With a deep heritage in platinum group metals (PGMs), we’re uniquely positioned to accelerate innovation in clean hydrogen.
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Underpinning our hydrogen solutions
JM’s science and technology at the heart of the hydrogen economy
We are well placed to support the transition to clean, reliable energy. With many years of experience in the technologies used to make hydrogen today, we have long been working to reduce emissions from these processes.
Our science and technology are applied at multiple critical points across the hydrogen value chain, supporting a cost-effective transition to a secure and sustainable energy system:
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An established portfolio of leading technologies for the production of electrolytic hydrogen and fuel-cell generated power at world scale
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Scientific and electrochemical know-how built up over decades to support the transition to hydrogen solutions
