Policy & Socio-Economics

Climate change necessitates the development of sustainable energy systems with hydrogen technologies playing a key role in this transition. Additive manufacturing (AM) offers a significant potential to enhance the efficiency of hydrogen energy components and reduce their costs through rapid prototyping design freedom and functional integration. This review provides the first comprehensive summary of the current state of research on the applicati Read More

Hydrogen mobility is expected to be a crucial element in decarbonizing fossil fuel-based transportation. In South Korea hydrogen mobility has successfully formed an early market led by fuel cell passenger cars under strong support policies. Nevertheless the fuel cell vehicle (FCV) market is still in its infancy and current challenges must be overcome to achieve mass-market adoption. This study aims to identify the current challenges in the diffusion of FCVs Read More

Hydrogen valleys are envisaged (imagined) integrated industrial systems where hydrogen is produced stored and utilized. Here we show how hydrogen valleys as sociotechnical imaginaries are differentiated in terms of their specific configurations but homogenous in terms of reflecting the interests of large industrial fossil fuel suppliers and consumers. This path dependence is anticipated in sociotechnical transitions theory which emphasises the power Read More

Green hydrogen is critical for decarbonizing hard-to-electrify sectors but it faces high costs and investment risks. Here we defne and quantify the green hydrogen ambition and implementation gap showing that meeting hydrogen expectations will remain challenging despite surging announcements of projects and subsidies. Tracking 190 projects over 3 years we identify a wide 2023 implementation gap with only 7% of global capacity announcements fnis Read More

The concept of sustainability and green energy has become increasingly relevant in our lives especially in the face of climate change and the growing demand for sustainable solutions in the energy sector. Driven by renewable energies there is a continuous effort to research and develop alternative energy sources and fuels. In this context the European Union (EU) Strategy for Hydrogen (H) has emerged placing this source as one of the central pillars Read More

This paper deals with proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzers directly coupled with a photovoltaic source. It proposes a method to increase the energy delivered to the electrolyzer by reconfiguring the electrical connection of the arrays according to solar radiation. Unlike the design criterion proposed by the literature the suggested approach considers a source obtained by connecting arrays in parallel depending on solar radiation based on a fix Read More

Hydrogen is a pivotal driver of the green economy and clean energy transition and global efforts are underway to scale up hydrogen technology and its adoption. This study explores China’s hydrogen fuel cell vehicle (HFCV) city clusters policy launched in 2021 involving five clusters consisting of 44 cities to boost the country’s hydrogen economy. Drawing on cluster theory collaborative network literature and evolutionary economic geography we inves Read More

The green-hydrogen sector has created considerable expectations in the Global South about export-oriented development and industrial path creation. However whether and how these expectations are really materializing requires further scrutiny. This article develops a conceptual approach that we call governance of futuremaking. Thereby we want to understand how actors try to coordinate their expectations about future economic development Read More

The aim of this project is to identify the investment requirements for energy infrastructure across each TEN-E infrastructure category as well as for non-TEN-E electricity transmission and distribution infrastructure in order to enable a decarbonised economy in the EU. It also evaluates the need for EU financial support and explores possible forms of EU funding to address the identified needs within the scope of this study's assessment.

This report delves into the European renewable hydrogen supply chain to offer recommendations for Europe to become a leader in the hydrogen economy.