16 Mar 2023

Turning trees into green hydrogen

From Afternoons, 1:35 pm on 16 March 2023

An alternative to fossil fuels and a way to use forestry slash at the same time sounds too good to be true, but researchers at the University of Cantebury are turning pine trees and slash into green hydrogen.

The next step is to make the process commercially viable. Chemical engineer and PhD student Jhulimar Castro talks to Jesse about their work and how feasible it is to make green hydrogen on a large scale.

University of Canterbury Chemical and Process Engineering PhD student Jhulimar Castro’s research looks at the commercial viability of producing green hydrogen from pine trees.

University of Canterbury Chemical and Process Engineering PhD student Jhulimar Castro’s research looks at the commercial viability of producing green hydrogen from pine trees. Photo: University of Canterbury