Combined production of hydrogen, clean power and quality fuels

Publisher Summary Synthesis gas production is a key technology for ensuring the future supply of power and clean synthetic fuels. When combined with CO2 capture and underground storage, it makes possible to diversify energy sources, and also to limit CO2 emissions. Producing hydrogen from natural gas is presently the most competitive option. The chapter shows, that in the future, it will remain economically feasible to produce hydrogen without emitting CO2, by capturing and sequestering CO2. Furthermore, it also shows that new attractive options exist for coproducing hydrogen, electricity, and eventually high quality liquid fuels. With the development of CO2 trading and a progressive increase of the value attributed to recovered CO2, such options will become more and more economically attractive. It appears also that synthetic fuels production represents not only a way for obtaining high quality fuels, but might also in the future open new options for recycling carbon.