Abstract

In December 2019, the European Commission unveiled an ambitious project, the European Green Deal, which aims to lead the European Union to climate neutrality by 2050. This is a significant challenge for all EU countries, and especially for Poland. The role of hydrogen in the processes of decarbonization of the economy and transport is being discussed in many countries around the world to find rational solutions to this difficult and complex problem. There is an ongoing discussion about the hydrogen economy, which covers the production of hydrogen, its storage, transport, and conversion to the desired forms of energy, primarily electricity, mechanical energy, and new fuels. The development of the hydrogen economy can significantly support the achievement of climate neutrality. The belief that hydrogen plays an important role in the transformation of the energy sector is widespread. There are many technical and economic challenges, as well as legal and logistical barriers to deal with in the transition process. The development of hydrogen technologies and a global sustainable energy system that uses hydrogen offers a real opportunity to solve the challenges facing the global energy industry: meeting the need for clean fuels, increasing the efficiency of fuel and energy production, and significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The paper provides an in-depth analysis of the Polish Hydrogen Strategy, a document that sets out the directions for the development of hydrogen use (competences and technologies) in the energy, transport, and industrial sectors. This analysis is presented against the background of the European Commission’s document ‘A Hydrogen Strategy for a Climate-Neutral Europe’. The draft project presented is a good basis for further discussion on the directions of development of the Polish economy. The Polish Hydrogen Strategy, although it was created later than the EU document, does not fully follow its guidelines. The directions for further work on the hydrogen strategy are indicated so that its final version can become a driving force for the development of the country’s economy.

Highlights

  • Introduction of SNG produced inP2G plants into the gas networkAttention should be drawn to the deadlines set in the draft Polish Hydrogen Strategy in the area of establishing a legal basis for the hydrogen market (Table 6)

  • The paper provides an in-depth analysis of the Polish Hydrogen Strategy, a document that sets out the directions for the development of hydrogen use in the energy, transport, and industrial sectors

  • The draft Polish Hydrogen Strategy is the response of the Polish government to the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European

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Attention should be drawn to the deadlines set in the draft Polish Hydrogen Strategy in the area of establishing a legal basis for the hydrogen market (Table 6). The assumed fast pace of action is not kept. In the second half of 2021, the final version of the Polish. Hydrogen Strategy has not yet been prepared, not to mention the implementation of the set goals. The pace of action regarding the resolution of legal issues related to the conditions for the functioning of the hydrogen market and the technical conditions of its transmission and safe use indicate that delays are to be expected at the outset. Creation of a regulatory framework for the functioning of. Laying the foundations for the H2 market (Q3–Q4 2021)

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