Tomlinson: Hydrogen and geothermal startups steal the show from fossil fuels at CERAWeek
Many of the hydrogen business plans rely on excess wind and solar energy to power electrolyzers that split off the oxygen atoms in H2O. Some companies plan to make hydrogen when renewable electricity is cheap, store it and then use it when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow.
. During a visit to Houston, Morten Bødskov, Denmark’s minister of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs, said he sees immense clean energy opportunities in Texas. “There is strong cooperation between Danish and American companies right now developing new green technologies,” he told me. Danish companies employ 15,000 people in Texas, and Bødskov told Texas lawmakers at the Capitol that he expects the number to grow.
Big Oil will be around for decades, but to support life on earth, the fossil fuel industry must shrink. Opportunity is knocking for a new clean energy industry if Texans will answer the door. Chris Tomlinson, named 2021 columnist of the year by the Texas Managing Editors, writes commentary about money, politics and life in Texas. Sign up for his “Tomlinson’s Take” newsletter at
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