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Clean energy carriers

Using clean energy carriers in buildings, transportation and industry will lay the foundations for a zero-emission society. A clean energy carrier transports energy from one place to another and causes no pollution when used.

Electricity, hydrogen and heat (warm water, warm air and steam) are clean energy carriers. Because we are unable to capture and store small emissions of greenhouse gases, such as emissions from cars or from oil-fired furnaces, the energy systems of the future will have to be based on clean energy carriers. Until all power generation is renewable, clean energy carriers will have to be produced from a mixture of renewable energy and energy from coal and gas-fired power stations with carbon capture and storage.