The Hydrogen Revolution, Marco Alvera
The Hydrogen Revolution, Marco Alvera
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The Hydrogen Revolution
A Blueprint for the Future of Clean Energy

Author: Marco Alverà

Narrator: Matthew Spencer

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 11/16/2021

Synopsis

An energy expert shows why hydrogen can fight climate change and become the fuel of the future    We’re constantly told that our planet is in crisis; that to save it, we must stop traveling, stop eating meat, even stop having children. But in The Hydrogen Revolution, Marco Alverà argues that we don’t need to upend our lives. We just need a new kind of fuel: hydrogen. From transportation and infrastructure to heating and electricity, hydrogen could eliminate fossil fuels, boost economic growth, and encourage global action on climate change. It could also solve the most bedeviling aspects of today’s renewable energy—from transporting and storing wind and solar energy and their vulnerability to weather changes to the inefficiency and limited utility of heavy, short-lasting batteries.  The Hydrogen Revolution isn’t just a manifesto for a powerful new technology. It’s a hopeful reminder that despite the gloomy headlines about the fate of our planet, there’s still an opportunity to turn things around. 

About Marco Alverà

Marco Alverà is CEO of Snam, Europe's largest gas pipeline company that deals in natural gas and has been making forays into Hydrogen fuel. He was born in New York and brought up between the US, Italy and the UK. He studied at LSE reading economics and worked at Enel, the world's largest renewable-energy company, before moving to Snam.Since 2017 he has been non-executive Director of S&P Global, where he is also Chair of the Finance Committee. He is also a member of the Executive Board and of the Steering Committee of the Giorgio Cini Foundation in Venice, a member of the Board of the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI) and a Visiting Fellow of the University of Oxford. He is Vice President of Fondazione Snam, Snam's non-profit foundation committed to the social development of the Italian regions, and co-founder of the Kenta Foundation, which is active in promoting gender balance and combating educational poverty After 20 years in the industry, he has explored every aspect of energy from renewable to oil to gas, and the challenges we face; production, transportation and infrastructure. He is uniquely positioned to make the case for Hydrogen as the energy future.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Brian on August 26, 2021

The idea of using hydrogen to aid our move to green energy is gathering pace. At one point it was described primarily as a replacement for petrol in fuelling cars - though Marco Alverà does mention this still as a possibility for some vehicles, the far bigger picture is for hydrogen's role as a pote......more

Goodreads review by Will on January 04, 2023

Important and cool! Good introduction to the basics of how hydrogen will work as a clean energy source. Written from a very optimistic perspective, but definitely stresses the fact that we all have a part to play in the decarbonization of our planet!......more

Goodreads review by Sebastian on August 16, 2022

3.75 rating. Gives many uses on how hydrogen can be produced and integrated into our current energy systems around the world. Although they briefly mention nuclear power, I wish they talked about how hydrogen and nuclear energy can work together in the transition period like they did with methane an......more

Goodreads review by STEPHEN on September 02, 2022

XXXXX AN OVERVIEW OF THE MOLECULE THAT COULD REVOLUTIONIZE CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION AND FUTURE ENERGY XXXXX "This book lays out the steps we need to take - as businesses, policymakers, and consumers - to unlock the power of hydrogen... This book is about how hydrogen puts net zero emissions within our......more

Goodreads review by Mary on July 27, 2022

Phenomenal. As someone hoping to get into working in research related to clean energy, this book was a solid dose of climate optimism while also professing the key challenges faced by engineers and economists to make the use of hydrogen universal. I will be keeping this close by for reference over t......more

Quotes

“Engaging, authoritative and very timely. Marco Alverà spells Hydrogen's critical role as an energy store in the clean power transition, and who can do what right now to kick it over the line.”—Mike Berners-Lee, author of There is No Planet B

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