Andreas Wimmer: ’Import of green energies necessary’

Andreas Wimmer is convinced of hydrogen as a storage medium. Source: LEC GmbH, Foto geopho - By Birgit Baustädter - Andreas Wimmer conducts research on large engines at TU Graz and heads the LEC research center. Hydrogen, methanol and ammonia will play a central role in achieving climate targets. News+Stories: If you were asked whether you could use hydrogen today to run a car or heat your home, what would your answer be?. Andreas Wimmer: I would say that neither of the two are currently reasonable fields of application for hydrogen. Although it is already possible today to add hydrogen to the natural gas network and thus use it for heating purposes, the use of pure hydrogen in the private sector is still in the distant future. So what's missing?.