New Energies, new possibilities

"Enormous additional subsidies of around one trillion US dollars would be required to realise all announced hydrogen projects by 2030," explains Falko Ueckerdt from PIK, "Green hydrogen will continue to have difficulties meeting the high expectations in the future due to a lack of competitiveness." However, permanent subsidies are not a solution. The two researchers therefore recommend using demand-side instruments such as binding quotas to channel green hydrogen specifically into sectors that are difficult to electrify, such as aviation, steel or chemicals. For example, according to an EU regulation, 1.2 percent of all aviation fuels must be blended with synthetic fuels based on hydrogen from 2030. This quota is set to rise to 35 percent by 2050.

Subsidy requirements far exceed announced global subsidies

In their study, the researchers quantify three key gaps between theory and practice: the past implementation gap, the future ambition gap and the future implementation gap. The first results from the difference between originally announced hydrogen projects and the projects actually realised in 2023. The ambition gap refers to the discrepancy between the amount of hydrogen that would be required by 2030 according to 1.5-degree scenarios and the projects currently announced by 2030. Although announced hydrogen projects are sufficient for the majority of the scenarios analysed, a wide implementation gap remains: The subsidies required to realise all projects by 2030 far exceed the global public financial support announced to date.

The study is based on a global and manually verified project database with 1232 green hydrogen projects announced until 2030. For each of the 14 designated end uses of the projects, the authors calculate the competitiveness gap between the green product and its fossil competitor. Together with the volume and the timing of the project announcements, this yields the subsidies required to realise all projects by 2030.

The researchers warn against fossil lock-ins, which could tie companies to fossil fuels and thus endanger climate targets. In the long term, a transition to technology-neutral market mechanisms such as carbon pricing is crucial in order to limit public costs and ensure a level playing field with other climate mitigation options. They therefore recommend a robust strategy that supports hydrogen projects in the short term through direct subsidies and demand-side regulation, but is based on realistic expectations for hydrogen.

Article: Adrian Odenweller, Falko Ueckerdt (2025): Green Hydrogen ambition and implementation gap. Nature Energy. [DOI: 10.1038/s41560-024-01684-7]  

Green Hydrogen: Ambition-Implementation Gap Persists

Barony and Partners Will Focus on Producing 3D Printed Components for Green Hydrogen Electrolysers and Hydrogen Fuel Cells

CARSON CITY, NV, UNITED STATES -- Barony Power Corp.’s CEO, Caisey Harlingten announces the January 2025 commencement of an initial one year mechanical and materials science project with a University of Tasmania (Utas) and Deakin University collaboration. The year one objective is to manufacture novel BPC Green Electrolysers, and Hydrogen Fuel Cells while 3D printing the essential electrolysis components for both.

If successful, this Patent Pending Research, will herald a paradigm shift in the manufacturing mode of Green Hydrogen Electrolysers and Hydrogen Fuel Cell components. By extension, it will have a profound effect on the competitiveness of Green Hydrogen as both a transportation fuel and a power source for green electricity generation.

“Success in 3D printing Green Hydrogen Electrolyser and Hydrogen Fuel Cell components promises to greatly expand the world’s access to Green Hydrogen as a clean source of energy.” said Caisey. “This can be achieved by revolutionizing the mass production of these components using commonly available materials in conjunction with 3D printing methods.”

Simultaneously “the BPC Hydrogen Lab”, at the UTas School of Engineering, is embarking upon the stand-alone production of novel and competitive BPC Green Hydrogen Electrolysers and Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Regardless of its success in novel 3D component printing that Deakin University intends to achieve, BPC also intends to successfully demonstrate its own competitive and novel Green Hydrogen Electrolyser and Hydrogen Fuel Cell using only commercially available electrolysis components.

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Simultaneously “the BPC Hydrogen Lab”, at the UTas School of Engineering, is embarking upon the stand-alone production of novel and competitive BPC Green Hydrogen Electrolysers and Hydrogen Fuel Cells. Regardless of its success in novel 3D component printing that Deakin University intends to achieve, BPC also intends to successfully demonstrate its own competitive and novel Green Hydrogen Electrolyser and Hydrogen Fuel Cell using only commercially available electrolysis components.

Although success with the Deakin 3D printing project promises to reduce the green hydrogen electrolyser and hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing costs and delivery times across the board, UTas delivered BPC Green Hydrogen Electrolysers and BPC Hydrogen Fuel Cells intend to be state of the art in their own right, proprietary and very competitive in a world with explosive power demands.

Green Hydrogen is an emerging power source that is generated using renewable energy sources such as wind, solar and/or hydro and applied to a process called electrolysis. In simple terms, this process involves splitting water molecules (H₂O) into hydrogen (H₂) and oxygen (O

This makes Green Hydrogen a clean and sustainable alternative to traditional fossil fuels and a potential game-changer in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It can be used in various sectors, including heating, electricity, transportation fuel and power and can replace most, if not all, forms of industrial power generation. ). When hydrogen is used in transportation, industry or any other use, the “exhaust” is pure, clean, drinkable water, making Green Hydrogen one of the cleanest power sources in the world.

“I am confident that we will be able to overcome the two biggest challenges in the 3D printing of electrolysis components; these two challenges being: 1. making common silica glass conductive for use as an electrolysis component feed stock and 2. being able to mass-produce these key components of electrolysis using a 3D printing technology that will replace all current fabrication methods.” said Dr. Vipul, Barony’s Head Research Scientist at Deakin University

A report by Deloitte estimates that the green hydrogen market could reach a value of $1.4 trillion per year by 2050, supporting around 2 million jobs globally per year between 2030 and 2050. The market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 41.6% from 2024 to 2032, reaching a value of $334.6 billion by 2032

About Barony Power Corp. (BPC)

BPC is a US Green Hydrogen Technology company working in conjunction with its founding equity partner the University of Tasmania and academic associate Deakin University.

BPC’s focus is on the development of high efficiency, low cost, durable, small and mass-produced Green Hydrogen electrolyser and hydrogen fuel cell components and systems.

Chief among the intended strategies BPC intends to employ for achieving the aforementioned will be the development of proprietary specialty materials conducive to and amenable to the mass production of hydrogen electrolysis components using 3D printing technology.

In addition to the specialty materials development / 3D printing project underway at Deakin University, BPC is doing parallel product development in the BPC Hydrogen Lab, University of Tasmania, School of Engineering.

This development aims to produce proprietary and highly competitive BPC Green Hydrogen Electrolysers and BPC Hydrogen Fuel Cells regardless of its Deakin University 3D printing effort.

A success at Deakin University with 3D electrode printing will significantly enhance the competitiveness of BPC Green Electrolysers and BPC Hydrogen Fuel Cells.

In a time of exploding energy demands BPC products stand to be, at a minimum, either competitive in their own right or overwhelmingly competitive with its anticipated 3D printing, mass manufacturing success.

All development is being done under University of Tasmania Patents Pending and licensed exclusively to BPC.

The University of Tasmania has sought and obtained BPC’s permission to engage with its industry contacts for potential licensing agreements of emerging BPC products.

BPC will offer Sub Licenses of the aforementioned technologies to the highest and most qualified bidders.

Barony Power's Green Hydrogen Electrolyzer/Fuel Cell Project