34+ Hydrogen From Natural Gas Efficiency US. Hydrogen is, already, round numbers, about 37% best case in cycle efficiency when starting and ending with electricity. As of 2020, the majority of hydrogen (∼95%) is produced from fossil fuels by steam reforming of natural gas.
By contrast, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles are just beginning to be adopted in some early adopter.
Landfill gas/biogas, which may be called electrolysis is a process that splits hydrogen from water using an electric current. Introduction •natural gas is currently the lowest cost alternative to produce hydrogen •natural gas provides 95% of the hydrogen used to supplement refinery and chemical industry needs •steam methane reforming (smr), the most widely used method to produce hydrogen, is near its theoretical. The hydrogen council initiative quotes the global production of hydrogen to be 8 ej/y (71,600 knm³/h) with a majority of users in refineries ammonia and methanol production. Hydrogen production is the family of industrial methods for generating hydrogen gas.