interview MICHÈLE AZALBERT CEO Engie Hydrogen Business Unit
Hydrogen has the flexibility the mining industry needs
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MELODIE MICHEL Reporter, Energy and Mines
ith ambitious net-zero targets looming around the corner, miners are increasingly looking to renewable hydrogen for versatile solutions with the potential to decarbonize entire value chains. Energy and Mines speaks to Michèle Azalbert, CEO of Engie’s Hydrogen Business Unit, to understand why hydrogen is such an important part of the mining sector’s decarbonization pathway, and what is needed for this technology to become commercially viable. Energy and Mines: Which recent hydrogen market developments and technological advances are most relevant for the mining sector? Michèle Azalbert: Mining is truly at the centre of the energy transition: today, extractive industries are responsible for half of the world’s carbon emissions and more than 20
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