This white paper written by Ted Flanigan with Jonathan Parfrey of Climate Resolve, focuses on green hydrogen, and specifically the combustion of green hydrogen since doing so has raised concerns in the Los Angeles basin. Will burning green hydrogen cause dangerous emissions of nitrogen oxides?

When combusting hydrogen, as with natural gas, nitrogen from the air is drawn into the flame creating nitrogen oxides. So, while the use of green hydrogen eliminates carbon emissions, there are nitrogen emissions to be mitigated. The paper makes these mitigating practices clear, and while advocating green hydrogen use in fuels cells as a superior source of power as the cost of fuel cells declines.

The white paper puts in perspective the net benefit of limited combustion of green hydrogen. This will be done to meet strict South Coast Air Quality Management District regulations. And in Los Angeles, clean energy delivery is at the root of electrifying mobility and decarbonizing buildings, both major trends cleaning the air, resulting in huge net clean air benefits.