Exploring the Prospects in the Law and Policy of Green Hydrogen Energy (GHE) in West Africa: Plowing the Way Forward

A shift towards a sustainable and decarbonized power grid is one of Zimbabwe's main goals in the energy sector. This study comprehensively analyzes the country's readiness to implement green hydrogen and nuclear energy generation. Despite the extensive energy studies available in literature, the question of whether the country is ready to adopt these two technologies remains unanswered. The literature lacks information on how well the country is prepared for green hydrogen production for its industrial applications. Therefore, this paper begins with a synopsis of current electricity generation and consumption trends, followed by overviews of nuclear energy and green hydrogen generation, respectively. The country's readiness to adopt the technologies under study is then examined by considering the available infrastructure, economic status of the country, supporting policies, regulatory frameworks already in place, social acceptance and the potential positive and negative impacts. An analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats analysis is implemented, emphasizing the critical factors that must be considered. Recommendations are outlined to enable a strategic and seamless adoption of green hydrogen and nuclear energy, specifically small modular reactors. The main findings indicate that Zimbabwe currently relies on thermal and hydroelectric energies, with an increasing demand for electricity, particularly in the mining sector. In addition, adopting green hydrogen and nuclear energy primarily results in improved grid resilience, reduced electricity supply-demand gap, economic growth through increased investments, and mitigation of poverty. However, insufficient policies and regulatory frameworks, as well as increased safety concerns, can hinder the implementation of these projects. However, these limitations can be effectively minimized by technological advances or international and regional collaborations. Hence, comprehensive economic reforms, supporting policies, and regulations are required, along with capacity-building investments. The study provides policymakers, investors, and stakeholders with insights into the substantial benefits of considering these energy sources for a decarbonized and sustainable energy future.

The demand surge for clean and sustainable energy has risen globally to gain a cleaner environment. Therefore, the global energy transition emphasizes hydrogen energy, particularly green hydrogen energy, as an essential energy source that emits no carbon dioxide. Green hydrogen has been prosperous in the last few years and has revolutionized the green energy sector needs. Green hydrogen energy could be employed as long-term energy storage to integrate energy from renewable energy sources with unexpected and variable characteristics in the future energy system largely comprised of renewable resources. Hence, it can enhance the electricity system’s dependability and increase the reliability of renewable energy; conversely, green hydrogen energy might help lower carbon emissions. This study gives insight through analysis of the overview and prospects of hydrogen energy. Besides, a thorough analysis is conducted on the present scenario of green hydrogen production technologies, their advancement trends, and the potential uses and roles of green hydrogen energy. The state-of-the-art green hydrogen has been highlighted, thus the developed approaches in the domain. Also, it gives an overview of the latest technologies used to produce/store/distribute green hydrogen. Moreover, a detailed description of green hydrogen utilization, distribution infrastructure, and storage technologies is given. This will help to achieve global Sustainable Development Goals in the near future. Accordingly, 6 of 17 global Sustainable Development Goals strategy clauses were met by adopting green hydrogen as a clean energy source.

The green hydrogen economy offers synthetic green energy with significant impacts and is environmentally friendly compared to current fossil-based fuels. Exploration of green hydrogen energy in Southern Africa is still in the initial stages in many low-resourced settings aiming to benefit from sustainable green energy. At this early stage, potential benefits to society are yet to be understood. That is why the socio-economic impact of green hydrogen energy must be explored. This paper reviews the current literatures to describe the potential socio-economic effects in the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The review supports the view that green hydrogen will be beneficial and have great potential to revolutionise agricultural and industrial sectors, with advanced sustainable changes for both production and processing. This paper also examines how sustainable green hydrogen energy production in Southern Africa will provide economic value in the energy export sector around the world and support climate change initiatives. Further, it discusses the impacts of the green hydrogen value addition chain and the creation of green jobs, as well as the need for corresponding investments and policy reforms. It is also noted that the green hydrogen economy can contribute to job losses in fossil fuel-based industries, so that the workforce there may need re-skilling to take up green jobs. Such exchanges may deter efforts towards poverty alleviation and economic growth in SADC.

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With the growing global population, and thus the global energy needs, it is vital to move to a more environmentally friendly energy source. Because fossil fuel consumption is pushing global warming to dangerous new heights, there is a pressing need to investigate green energy alternatives. Green hydrogen energy is however one promising method for providing greener energy while preventing global warming. Green hydrogen is a hydrogen-based energy that is made by electrolyzing water alongside electricity supplied from low-carbon sources. This energy is expected to be a significant resource in the post-fossil fuel era owing to its special ability to support a climate-friendly future economy and it's presently gaining traction in a number of national and international climate policies. This research looks at the benefits and drawbacks of green hydrogen energy, which is at the heart of numerous possibilities for an optimization of energy society. Whereas many authorities and international organizations are investing heavily in research and development of a green hydrogen technology, there are still a slew of unanswered questions, including technological concerns, economic ramifications, and diplomatic repercussions. The hydrogen distribution network has a lot of phases, which means there are a lot of energy losses. In many nations, a low-carbon hydrogen economy offers exciting potential to combat climate change, improve energy independence, and grow local economy.

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This special issue consists of original, peer-reviewed articles, most of which were presented at the Sixth International Green Energy Conference (IGEC-6), held in Eskisehir, Turkey, on 5–9 June 2011. The issue includes articles describing advanced energy systems based on hydrogen and fuel cell. In particular, the possible role of hydrogen as an energy carrier is a subject of careful assessment, looking at fuel cell conversion hydrogen production, hydrogen storage in connection with renewable sources and industrial applications. Green energy-based hydrogen system can be one of the best solutions for ensuring clean energy and sustainability. Fuel cells are also considered to be the green power sources for the 21st century. The main driving force for fuel cell research, development, and commercialization is the increasing concern about global pollution caused by energy emissions. Therefore, the production of hydrogen from non-fossil fuel sources and the development and application of green energy-based hydrogen energy technologies become crucial in this century. Hydrogen energy system is expected in the future to replace the fossil fuel-based energy systems and to become the preferred portable energy carrier. We hope that this special issue of IJER will increase the awareness on hydrogen and fuel cells, and attract more attention to this important topic. The preparation of this special issue was indeed collectively done in an international manner. We would like to express sincere thanks to all the reviewers of this issue who have generously contributed their time and efforts to ensure the highest possible quality of this special issue. We would also like to thank Prof. Ibrahim Dincer and Prof. Xianguo Li, for their exemplary guidance during the selection and preparation of this special issue.

With the rapid and sustainable development of economy and society, the problem of energy supply has been gradually highlighted. The use of traditional fossil energy has the disadvantages of unsustainable development and high pollution, and the development and utilization of clean energy is urgent. Hydrogen energy is considered as the most developed clean energy in the global energy transition. Under the background of low-carbon emission reduction, green hydrogen energy production technology has attracted extensive attention. The purpose of this paper focuses on the green hydrogen energy production technologies, mainly including hydrogen production by water electrolysis, microbial hydrogen production and photocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production technologies. The principle, key materials and development status of each green hydrogen technology are discussed respectively and the outlook and suggestions of green hydrogen energy are given accordingly as well.

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this chapter aims to shed light on green hydrogen energy and its varying uses in the Arab region. The study seeks to reveal the types of hydrogen energies and their effectiveness in reducing the volume of emissions resulting from fossil fuel production plants and plants. The study also aims to analyse the negative and positive effects of green hydrogen energy and the extent of its ability to reduce carbon emissions through investments in green hydrogen energy projects. Added to this, the chapter focuses on exploring the economic consequences of green hydrogen energy projects, including their impact on spending and investment rates in this field, and analysing the benefits and challenges that the Arab region may face in adopting this advanced technology.