Prospects of hydrogen usage as an energy resource

Abstract

The prospects of hydrogen usage, its impact on the ecology of the country are investigated in this paper. The spheres of hydrogen consumption and its purpose are highlighted. The energy value of hydrogen is determined, the factors that define the relevance of hydrogen usage at present are given. The development of hydrogen energy and the need to find new efficient energy sources and develop environmentally friendly alternative fuels based on them due to the catastrophic environmental situation in the country and rapid inflation, which is upturning every day, oil reserves are declining every year, so the price becomes very unattractive. It is known that hydrogen as an environmentally friendly motor fuel is provided with high-tech methods of accumulation and storage, significantly minimizes the emission of harmful substances and can significantly improve the state of the technosphere. In order to develop the plan that will make it possible to use hydrogen in most areas of our lives it is necessary: to involve scientists and interested owners of industrial enterprises, organizations that would unite for getting quick result. However, the business is planning quite «narrow» and not in a large-scale. Combined with comprehensive energy efficiency measures and the development of renewable energy sources, large-scale production and use of hydrogen in Ukraine will decarbonize its energy sector. This will contribute to the strengthening of intersectoral ties and formation of clusters of sustainable development in the economy, strengthening of innovation and investment, creation of new employment opportunities, increase of the Ukrainian enterprises competitiveness, advancing Ukraine in the world rankings for significant improvement of the investment climate. Taking into account the size and expected growth of the existing hydrogen market, the development of renewable hydrogen projects can provide significant investment opportunities for Ukraine. Ukraine is not only one of the richest countries in Europe in terms of renewable resources, but also the country that requires new energy to support economic development. Economic analysis of different methods of hydrogen production, investigation of hydrogen storage technology and making innovative, rational decisions about these processes make it possible to create sustainable and economically feasible strategy that will change the world and ecology of all countries, etc.