white hydrogen

[ wahyt hahy-druh-juhn, hwahyt ]

noun

1. hydrogen gas occurring in underground deposits, formed by geological processes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of white hydrogen¹

First recorded in 2022

Example Sentences

Known as natural hydrogen, gold hydrogen or white hydrogen, natural deposits could be an important source.

From BBC

While the Bourakébougou site in Mali is currently the only facility producing white hydrogen commercially - and is only harvesting around five tonnes per year - there are moves to exploit reserves more widely.

From BBC

“People had not been looking for natural hydrogen for years and years because everyone was focused on drilling for oil and gas,” said Julien Moulin, president of Française De l’Énergie, a clean energy company that is working with Mr. Pironon and Mr. de Donato to test and develop white hydrogen projects.

From New York Times

And producers of white hydrogen must keep an eye on the final price of their gas.

From New York Times

Frothing in the water table below was an exciting find: champagne-size bubbles that signaled a potentially mammoth cache of so-called white hydrogen, one of the cleanest-burning fuels in nature.

From New York Times