Eastern Time, Science magazine published the top ten scientific breakthroughs in 2023, including a study by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) showing that the Earth may contain 1 trillion tons of hydrogen , which can meet the growing demand for hydrogen for a long time.
However, whether these hydrogen storage locations are in the scope of commercial development is still a question.
In 1859, the digging of the first oil well started America's oil craze and changed the world. This year, the world has seen another energy boom, this time based on naturally occurring hydrogen from within the Earth. Unlike oil, natural hydrogen is a "tonic" rather than a "toxin" to the climate. In
2012, in a town in the West African country of Mali, engineers removed a borehole that had been sealed with cement-a cigarette butt had caused an explosion in the well in 1987. The gas it emits is 98% hydrogen. The people used the hydrogen in the well to generate electricity, which provided electricity for the village, and the process only produced water. Strangely, after 10 years of extraction, the gas pressure in the well has not decreased, indicating that deep resources are replenishing the hydrogen. Inspired
by this discovery, prospectors found signs of massive hydrogen deposits on every continent except Antarctica.
In September, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established a research consortium with the support of Chevron and BP, and the U.S. Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency launched a $20 million natural hydrogen development program.
(Source: Science Global Hydrogen Energy Network, New Energy Network Integration)
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