Hydrogen production – one of the keys to global decarbonization – will have devastating impacts on the planet if focus continues to be placed on ‘Blue’ methods of production rather than those that are ‘Green,’ according to a report released last week. A new collaborative study from the Universities of Stanford and Cornell have highlighted that the carbon footprint of using ‘blue’ hydrogen for heating can actually be 20% worse for the planet than if coal or gas is burned directly, or about 60% worse than using diesel oil. The first-of-a-kind report, entitled How Green is Blue Hydrogen? was published in the peer-reviewed journal Energy Science & Engineering on August 12, stating that blue hydrogen has “no role in a…