“I am encouraged by what I see, and hopeful that the next years will see hydrogen adopted worldwide as the “fuel” we need to avert climate catastrophe.” energy storage, including the seasonal storage that may be enabling for solar energy distant from the equator. The promise of hydrogen as a critical enabler of the low-carbon An article by energy transition must now be met by the realities of building ERNEST J. MONIZ a major global industry at scale, through a combination of government policy, incentives, and support, and private sector 13 Secretary at theth capital. I am encouraged by what I see, and hopeful that the US Department of Energy next 28 years will see hydrogen adopted worldwide as the “fuel” we need to avert climate catastrophe. 15