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UPSC 2023: Consider the following heavy industries: 1. Fertilizer plants 2. Oil refineries 3. Steel plants Green hydrogen is expected to play a significant role in decarbonizing how many of the above industries?
(a)Only one
(b)Only two
(c)All three
(d)None
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Green hydrogen can replace fossil-derived hydrogen across: (i) Fertilizer plants where H₂ is the feedstock for ammonia production ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_hydrogen)); (ii) Oil refineries that use large volumes of hydrogen for desulfurisation and hydrocracking ([isa-ghic.org](https://isa-ghic.org/petrol-refining?utm_source=openai)); and (iii) Steel plants, where hydrogen-based direct-reduced iron can eliminate coal coke ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_hydrogen)). Therefore, all three listed heavy industries stand to be decarbonised by green hydrogen.
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