{"id":267582,"date":"2023-11-03T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=267582"},"modified":"2023-11-03T19:53:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T14:23:02","slug":"scientists-have-discovered-white-hydrogen-beneath-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/scientists-have-discovered-white-hydrogen-beneath-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Have Discovered ‘White Hydrogen’ Beneath France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Scientists Have Discovered ‘White Hydrogen’ Beneath France<\/b>\u201d<\/b> published in <\/span>\u201cTOI\u201d on 3rd November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n

White hydrogen has recently been discovered in an area called Lorraine in northeastern France.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the initial calculations, it is one of the largest deposits of white hydrogen ever discovered. It is estimated to be between 6 million and 250 million metric tons of hydrogen.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is White Hydrogen?<\/b><\/h2>\n

White hydrogen is also known as natural, gold or geologic hydrogen. It is a naturally occurring form of hydrogen found in the Earth’s crust.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unlike other forms of hydrogen, white hydrogen only produces water when it is burned making it an exceptionally clean energy source with enormous potential.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It has been named ‘white’ since the “production doesn’t generate greenhouse gases”.<\/span><\/p>\n

What are the advantages of White Hydrogen over other types of Hydrogen?<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specification<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abundant and Untapped Source<\/b><\/td>\nWhite hydrogen is seen as a potential abundant and untapped source of clean-burning energy.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natural Existence<\/b><\/td>\nWhite hydrogen can be found naturally without relying on energy-intensive processes.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cost Efficiency<\/b><\/td>\nWhite hydrogen’s estimated cost is around $1 per kilogram, significantly lower than green hydrogen, which costs about $6 per kilogram, making it a more affordable clean energy source.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
No emissions<\/b><\/td>\nIt <\/span>causes no CO2 emissions when used as a fuel.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What is the potential and challenges with respect to White Hydrogen?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Potential: <\/b>White hydrogen deposits have been identified worldwide including in the US, eastern Europe, Russia, Australia, Oman, France, and Mali.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 The potential global reserves could be in the tens of billions of tons, far exceeding the current and predicted annual production rates.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2013 Startups are capitalizing on this potential. For instance, Australia-based Gold Hydrogen is drilling in the Yorke Peninsula, where high hydrogen\u00a0 concentrations were found in the 1920s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenges:<\/b> Regulatory hurdles in some countries, cost considerations and the depth required for drilling can impact the viability of white hydrogen extraction.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Environment (Renewable Energy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cScientists Have Discovered ‘White Hydrogen’ Beneath France\u201d published in \u201cTOI\u201d on 3rd November 2023 Why in the News? White hydrogen has recently been discovered in an area called Lorraine in northeastern France. According to the initial calculations, it is one of the largest deposits of white hydrogen… Continue reading Scientists Have Discovered ‘White Hydrogen’ Beneath France<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,4182,11209],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-267582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-environment","category-geography-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":42,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1699083656},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}