Consider the following heavy industries :
- 1.Fertilizer plants
- 2.Oil refineries
- 3.Steel plants
Green hydrogen is expected to play a significant role in decarbonizing how many of the above industries?
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Answer: C. Green hydrogen can replace grey hydrogen in making ammonia for fertilizers, replace fossil hydrogen used in oil refining, and replace coal in steel-making through direct reduction of iron. So it can help decarbonise all three.
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Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because green hydrogen is relevant to all three industries.
- B. Wrong because green hydrogen is relevant to all three industries.
- D. Wrong because all three industries already use or can use hydrogen.
Source to check: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, National Green Hydrogen Mission document (January 2023)
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