INTRODUCTION:
Hydrogen plays a key role to help decarbonize the global economy and power a future with zero carbon emission. Hydrogen is the richest element on earth. It is light and reactive. It is storable and can be transported as a liquid or a gas.
HYDROGEN AS A VERSATILE ELEMENT:
It is versatile. It can be used as a fuel for transportation in industrial and manufacturing processes. Hydrogen is also blended with natural gas for residential heating. It offers ways to decarbonize energy-intense industries like long transportation, shipping, and industrial processes.
DENSITY:
Hydrogen is dense energy with one of the highest energy density values per mass.
GREEN HYDROGEN:
Hydrogen is green, it can be both used and produced without direct emission of air pollutants or greenhouse gases. Hydrogen produces renewable energy. It allows renewable energy to balance the variable supply and demand of solar, wind, and water power. It offers a promising solution.
PROCEDURE OF PRODUCTION OF GREEN HYDROGEN:
Production of green hydrogen is done through electrolysis. It is a process that separates water into hydrogen and oxygen, with the usage of electricity produced from renewable sources. We can use hydrogen and vent the oxygen into the atmosphere with no negative impacts.
LARGEST GREEN HYDROGEN RESEARCH FIELD:
Fukushima’s hydrogen energy research field (FH2R) is the largest green hydrogen-producing facility using renewable energy.
FUTURE OF GREEN ENERGY:
It is transportable energy that produces electricity, powers industry, and makes transportation easy. Unlike fossil fuels, when hydrogen is used, it only produces water as a byproduct. It also does not produce any harmful greenhouse gases. Due to these reasons, green hydrogen is an attractive fuel for the future.
CONTRIBUTION OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES:
Many countries are involved in the green hydrogen project. Different countries recently published national hydrogen strategies includes;
• The European Union
• Australia
• Chile
• Germany
• Japan
• New Zealand
• Portugal
• Canada, Spain, South Korea, and many more.
COMPANIES PRODUCE GREEN HYDROGEN:
Following are the companies that produce green hydrogen;
• Linde, present in Ireland. Linde prepares and sells atmospheric gases.
• NYSE (air products and chemicals).
• Nasdaq (fuel cell energy) present in the US.
• Ballard power systems present in Canada. It produces hydrogen fuel cells for vehicles and engineering services.
• Plug power present in New York produce hydrogen fuel cells.
• Bloom energy present in California.
• Siemens, a German company is a leader in the development of green hydrogen technology. JUNIPER Energy storage constructed plant for storing hydrogen from wind energy.
LIMITATIONS OF GREEN HYDROGEN:
• It is time-consuming and very expensive.
•Complications in storage.
•It cannot meet the needs of the population.
•It is not the safest source of energy. It is a very volatile and flammable substance. •Compared to hydrogen gas lacks smell, which makes it almost impossible to detect.
Even if hydrogen becomes cheap, it takes years to become the widely used source of energy because vehicles and service stations would need to be customized to confirm hydrogen availability. Hydrogen, in vehicles, is used in the form of highly compressed forms which need high pressure.
CONCLUSION:
We can minimize over usage of fossil fuels, but we can never get rid of it from the system.
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