A fuel whose production depends on the analysis of water

Can green hydrogen change the global energy landscape?

The renewable energy sector is the fastest growing in the world and includes hydrogen fuel as well.

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The renewable industry sector is witnessing the launch of a greater number of green hydrogen production projects around the world, so that the share of this clean fuel in our future energy supply will grow little by little.

In 2020, the global production of green hydrogen projects exceeded 60 gigawatts, equivalent to producing about 187.5 million solar cells and 25,000 wind turbines, sufficient to illuminate 6.6 billion LED lights.

2020 was thus an exceptional year in the development of green hydrogen.

A report issued by the "Strategy and Middle East" company predicted that the global market for green hydrogen exports would reach 300 billion dollars by 2050, which would provide about 400,000 job opportunities in the renewable energy sector in the world.

It is estimated that the global demand for "green hydrogen" will reach about 530 million metric tons by 2050, as a substitute for burning about 10.4 billion barrels of oil.

What is green hydrogen?

Green hydrogen is a fuel whose production depends on the process of electrolyzing water (consisting of oxygen and hydrogen) using energy from renewable energy sources, thus achieving a complete cycle that produces environmentally friendly fuels, because hydrogen itself is a clean fuel used in hydrogen fuel cells to run cars (and possibly airplanes). Future), and its only emission is water.

However, the traditional process of producing hydrogen by relying on fossil fuels remains environmentally harmful.

To date, about 95% of hydrogen is produced through a process that requires energy from burning fossil fuels, such as natural gas, which means that hydrogen in this case is green from the consumer side only, but it causes on the production side a significant negative environmental impact.

If the world could convert hydrogen production into green hydrogen with a completely clean, low-carbon production cycle, hydrogen fuel would be readily available as an almost completely sustainable energy source.

Initiatives around the world

The renewable energy sector is the fastest growing in the world, and it includes hydrogen fuel as well.

We will likely see a large number of hydrogen production companies grow in the coming decades.

There is no doubt that the rapid decline in renewable energy costs and technological advances will enable hydrogen to become the preferred means of transporting clean and inexpensive energy around the world.

Moreover, the pandemic caused by the emerging coronavirus has accelerated the trend towards decarbonization by drastically reducing the demand for hydrocarbons.

Spain

Spain invested heavily in hydrogen production, finally, and announced an investment of $ 10.5 billion in green hydrogen technology over the next ten years, with the aim of using it in the transport and shipping sector to completely eliminate carbon emissions.

Spain aims to produce green hydrogen with a capacity of 4 gigawatts in the next ten years using the electrolysis method, to break the water into hydrogen and oxygen gases, and when the hydrogen is burned in the fuel cell, it turns into water again.

Spain seeks to be a renewable energy hub depending on its policy and geographical location;

It has abundant wind and sunshine nature, making it suitable for producing wind and solar energy.

Spain has currently managed to supply 62 gigawatts of renewable energy, but this amount is still insufficient to replace fossil fuels in the country.

The hydrogen economy in the Emirates

The UAE seeks to produce 30% of its energy from alternative energy stations by 2030, and in this field it has huge projects to produce electricity from solar and wind energy.

Last year, it launched a pilot project for the first green hydrogen production plant in Dubai, with a capacity of one megawatt, through cooperation with Expo 2020 Dubai, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority and Siemens, and the project explores the possibility of developing the hydrogen economy in the UAE in the coming years.

In 2020 global green hydrogen project production exceeded 60 gigawatts.

Global demand for "green hydrogen" will reach about 530 million tons by 2050.

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