Hydrogen, the new green energy resource

Abstract

The desire to reduce pollution and price instability generated by the major share of fossil fuel use requires firm solutions for green transition of economy, that must provide access to clean, safe and affordable energy. An important sector, seriously affected, being a competitive field with consistent limitations, is the transport system, where use of alternative fuels, the hydrogen, is perhaps a solution. Hydrogen can be used as a raw material, fuel, and can be stored with many other possible uses in industry sectors, not only transportation. Most importantly, it does not emit CO2 and almost does not pollute the air when in use. It therefore provides a solution for decarbonising industrial processes and economic sectors where carbon reduction is both urgent and difficult to achieve. All this makes hydrogen essential to support the EU's commitment to climate neutrality, on the one hand, and to global effort to implement the Paris Agreement, on the other. The present paper presents all aspects, through simulation in MATLAB-Simulink, of the production, storage and use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel source.