Hydrogen Power with carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) is a new idea that combines a number of existing technologies in a unique way to create low-carbon electricity.

It works by 'decarbonising' a fossil fuel (such as coal, oil or natural gas). This process would strip the fuel's carbon from its hydrogen atoms. We would then burn the clean hydrogen to make electricity in a specially modified gas turbine, while capturing the carbon dioxide and sequestering it in depleted underground gas and oil fields or coal beds.

By using hydrogen as a fuel we produce virtually no greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; the main by-product is water. So hydrogen power with carbon capture and sequestration gives us a real chance to generate large-scale clean electricity using existing fossil fuels.

While the technologies for hydrogen power are available and in use today, much remains to be done to develop and commercialize this novel approach to clean power. BP Alternative Energy, together with partners, is leading the way on bringing this concept to reality.

Once hydrogen power has proven its viability, there is almost no limit to how much clean power we can make using this technology. Coal, for example, is an ideal fuel for this technology.