An Overview on the renewable hydrogen market

Year 2021, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 67 - 94, 29.06.2021

Nima Norouzi

Abstract

As high-quality secondary energy, hydrogen has huge application potential in energy storage and utilization and helps solve renewable energy consumption in the power system. This article proposes a new type of energy-carrying form that uses electricity and hydrogen as energy carriers—an electric-hydrogen energy system to further increase the proportion of renewable energy in primary energy consumption. The article discusses the significance of the development of the electric hydrogen energy system, gives the structural framework of the electric hydrogen energy system, and reviews the relevant research foundation and key technologies from the aspects of generation (manufacturing), storage, transmission, distribution, and utilization. Finally, the electric hydrogen energy system has prospected from economic analysis, system integration, and the near-term implementation path.

Keywords

hydrogen energy system, high-proportion renewable energy, energy storage, hydrogen production, fuel cell

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