Australia

This paper explores the skills landscape of the emerging green hydrogen industry in Australia drawing on data collected from a study that gathered insights on training gaps from a range of hydrogen industry participants. A total of 41 industry participants completed a survey and 14 of those survey respondents participated in industry consultations. The findings revealed widespread perceptions of training and skilling as being very important to the industry Read More

Hydrogen fuel cells power a range of vehicles including cars buses trucks forklifts and even trains. As fuel cell electric vehicles emit no carbon emissions and only produce water vapor as a by-product they present an attractive option for countries who are experiencing high pollution from transport. This paper presents the findings of ten focus groups and a subset of a national survey which focused specifically on use of hydrogen in the transport sector ( Read More

Low-carbon hydrogen can play a significant role in decarbonizing the world. Hydrogen is currently mainly produced from fossil sources requiring additional CO2 capture to decarbonize which energy intense and costly. In a recent Green Energy & Environment paper Cheng and Di et al. proposed a novel integration process referred to as SECLRHC to generate high-purity H2 by in-situ separation of H2 and CO without using any additional separation unit. Theore Read More

A dedicated grid-tied offshore hybrid energy system for hydrogen production is a promising solution to unlock the full benefit of offshore wind and solar energy and realize decarbonization and sustainable energy security targets in electricity and other sectors. Current knowledge of these offshore hybrid systems is limited particularly in the integration component control and allocation aspects. Therefore a grid-integrated analytical model with a po Read More

Countries around the world are prioritising net zero emissions to meet their Paris Agreement goals. The demand for social impact assessment (SIA) is likely to grow as this transition will require investments in decarbonisation projects with speed and at scale. There will be winners and losers of these projects because not everyone benefits the same; and hence trade-offs are inevitable. SIAs therefore should focus on understanding how the risks and benefits will Read More

Green Hydrogen (H2 via renewable-driven electrolysis) is emerging as a vector to meet net-zero emission targets provided it is produced with a low life cycle impact. While certification schemes for green H2 have been introduced they mainly focus on the embodied emissions from energy supply during electrolyser operation. This narrow focus on just operation is an oversight considering that a complete green H2 value chain also includes the electrolyser’s m Read More

The commercialization of hydrogen as a fuel faces severe technological economic and environmental challenges. As a method to overcome these challenges microalgal biohydrogen production has become the subject of growing research interest. Microalgal biohydrogen can be produced through different metabolic routes the economic considerations of which are largely missing from recent reviews. Thus this review briefly explains the techniques a Read More

Ammonia plays a vital role in feeding the world through fertilizer production as well as having other industrial uses. However current ammonia production processes rely heavily on fossil fuels mostly natural gas to generate hydrogen as a feedstock. There is an urgent need to re-design and decarbonise the production process to reduce greenhouse emissions and avoid dependence on volatile gas markets and a depleting resource base. Renewable en Read More

Steam methane reforming (SMR) using natural gas is the most commonly used technology for hydrogen production. Industrial hydrogen production contributes to pollutant emissions which may differ from the theoretical estimates due to process conditions type and state of installed pollution control equipment. The aim of this study was to estimate the impacts of hydrogen production using facilitylevel real emissions data collected from multipl Read More

Energy plays a crucial role in the sustainable development of modern nations. Today hydrogen is considered the most promising alternative fuel as it can be generated from clean and green sources. Moreover it is an efficient energy carrier because hydrogen burning only generates water as a byproduct. Currently it is generated from natural gas. However it can be produced using other methods i.e. physicochemical thermal and biological. The biological met Read More