‘We want to buy green hydrogen, but not until we can get it at this much lower price’
Knauf, a major manufacturer of insulation panels, is exploring hydrogen as a fuel to decarbonize its operations, driven by market demand, particularly in Nordic and Scandinavian regions. At the World Hydrogen Week conference, Knauf’s energy manager, Thomas Gladwell, emphasized that the company faces pressure from customers to adopt greener practices. However, Gladwell warned that without a rise in carbon pricing or stricter regulations, Knauf cannot afford to pay more for clean hydrogen, despite exploring it as an alternative to industrial heat alongside biofuels.
A major manufacturer of insulation panels for use in construction has revealed how much it would be prepared to pay for clean hydrogen today — and warned that unless the carbon price rises or new regulations are brought in, it would not be able to pay any more.
Thomas Gladwell, energy and sustainability manager at Germany-based Knauf told the World Hydrogen Week conference in Copenhagen last week that the company is coming under pressure from its customers to decarbonise its operations, and that it is exploring hydrogen as a fuel for use in industrial heat, alongside biofuels.
“Our market is starting to demand a greener outlook on the product,” he said. “Some of our Nordic and Scandinavian plants, they’re driven by the market demand, where there won’t be a market there if we don’t do something about decarbonisation. That’s very much fuelling the whole of this journey.”
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