We need hydrogen for a number of chemical processes, and this will be increasingly true moving forward as we start using it for things like direct reduction of

We need hydrogen for a number of chemical processes, and this will be increasingly true moving forward as we start using it for things like direct reduction of iron to reduce carbon emissions in making steel. Green hydrogen is coming, and will likely be cheaper than grey by the end of the decade, but governments had no way of knowing this when this project was commissioned. Besides which, there are still many, many plants producing grey hydrogen that are going to keep running until they reach EOL. If we can find ways of reducing their carbon output, that seems like a net gain to me. This project is a demonstrator for such technology, and is a net gain over just another grey hydrogen plant.