2026: Bridging Economics and Climate to Build a Durable Case for Mitigating Hydrogen Emissions (EDF)
The project will provide the first-ever quantification of the social cost of hydrogen to inform hydrogen-industry best practices, regulations, and energy policy. We will estimate the cost by integrating the H2 cycle and impacts on other greenhouse gases into the FaIR simple climate model. After calibrating this updated model, we will estimate the cost and develop an understanding of the environmental impacts of emitting H2 by itself and along with other GHGs. We will use this estimate to provide a monetary estimate of the environmental harms from existing H2 supply chain emissions (tracked by EDF), facilitating cost-benefit analyses of H2 abatement options.
Cornell: Vivek Srikrishnan (Cornell CALS / Biological and Environmental Engineering)
EDF: Nichole Saunders (Senior Director and Senior Attorney, Energy Transition), Tianyi Sun (Senior Climate Scientist)