Summary
Many recent visions on a sustainable transformation of the energy and chemical sectors include high expectations on electrolysers and new types of electrochemical processes to enable ‘green’ chemicals and fuels, such as hydrogen or ammonia, based on electricity from renewables.
Our interdisciplinary project studies possible socio-technical configurations and pathways and assesses the environmental and societal implications related to the choice of electrolyser materials, that are developed in a closely linked project. We connect approaches from constructive technology assessment and lifecycle thinking as means to early on integrate reflection on societal and environmental implications in materials research. Furthermore, we critically assess envisioned socio-technical pathways for a globalized, electrolyser-based ‘green’ hydrogen economy with a focus on how these are debated in Global North and South countries.
Partners
The project is funded within the NWO ECCM-MVI Top-up programme. The consortium includes an interdisciplinary team of UT researchers including KiTeS members, a colleague from CSTM (Laura Franco Garcia) and the Science & Technology faculty (Marco Altomare).
Project duration: February 2022 – March 2025.
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