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Hydrogen's Hidden Power - Alkin Tech Transforms Water Into Energy

Sustainability lies at the core of any successful economy, and green hydrogen production through water electrolysis (WE) using renewable energy is one path toward it. WE is an efficient way of producing clean hydrogen that offers viable and cost-effective solutions to curb air pollution, climate change mitigation and reduced dependence on fossil fuels.

Decentralized energy storage serves an important function by helping balance surplus renewable energy with stable grid electricity supplies and decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors such as long haul transport and heavy industries.

What is Hydrogen?

Hydrogen is one of the simplest and most abundant elements in our universe. It serves as an efficient energy carrier that can be used to produce numerous chemicals and fuels – including green ammonia and eMethanol for decarbonising industries like long-haul transport and iron and steel production. When burned, hydrogen produces water vapour instead of carbon dioxide emissions; making hydrogen an invaluable component of future energy mix strategies designed to lower emissions while providing energy security.

Human bodies rely heavily on hydrogen for essential bodily functions and its role in cell respiration. Furthermore, hydrogen serves as an effective lubricant and has even been found as part of rocket engines and aircraft fuels, not to mention being an essential component in some nuclear weapons.
Hydrogen can produce electricity, heat and water without creating carbon dioxide emissions – an ideal fuel alternative to fossil fuels in gas turbines and boilers to produce power without direct emissions of CO2. Furthermore, hydrogen production locally with minimal environmental impacts makes hydrogen an attractive energy solution to import from distant sources.
The traditional methods for producing hydrogen include steam methane reforming or splitting water with electricity to generate hydrogen and oxygen (water electrolysis), although scientists are exploring renewable energy-based methods as well. They include carbon-free hydrogen production from water through photosynthesis as well as splitting it with solar, wind or nuclear power to split water into hydrogen and oxygen (photosynthesis/water splitting).

Why is Hydrogen Important?

Hydrogen is one of the cleanest burning fuels available, producing only water as waste product – not climate change-inducing carbon dioxide and other harmful gases. When burned in a fuel cell, hydrogen produces electricity without creating harmful by-products; additionally it’s an ideal lubricant for rockets as well as being an integral component in many industrial chemicals.
Current methods of producing hydrogen without fossil fuels primarily entail using electricity to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using water electrolysis, but this technology remains in its early stages and requires further development. Scientists are exploring methods to directly convert solar energy and water into hydrogen production similar to biological processes like photosynthesis.

These technologies will enable us to store renewable electricity for later use. Green electricity generation takes place intermittently as wind and sun don’t always strike with equal intensity; using surplus power for hydrogen production could allow it to be stored for later energy needs.
To maximize this opportunity, governments must establish research agendas and accept risks, as well as remove obstacles to new project development. International collaboration must also be strengthened, while harmonized standards such as equipment safety certification must also be adopted and transported via shipping routes so as to expand global hydrogen markets.

How is Hydrogen Produced?

Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe, accounting for 75% of its mass. On Earth, hydrogen exists as water, food and living organisms – providing a source of clean fuel energy that can be harnessed to store long-term energy storage needs, fuel heavy vehicle transportation needs and heat industrial processes that demand high temperatures – possibly replacing fossil fuels with zero-carbon alternatives.
Current hydrogen production comes primarily from fossil sources (brown, black and natural gas) or from renewable energy used to produce electricity, then used to electrolyze water. Steam reformation is one of the primary production methods, though this also releases carbon dioxide as a byproduct, leading to what’s referred to as blue hydrogen production.

Green hydrogen is produced through water electrolysis powered by renewable sources like solar or wind electricity, then stored or compressed and delivered to vehicles using existing natural gas pipelines.
Development of an efficient hydrogen distribution system can be challenging due to its lower energy content per volume than other fuels. Establishing an infrastructure to store, transport and deliver it to thousands of individual hydrogen fueling stations involves considerable upfront capital costs; additionally due to hydrogen’s unique properties it requires more expensive compressors and pipe materials than regular fuels which makes its use as a clean energy carrier more costly per gallon equivalent basis.

Where is Hydrogen Produced?

Hydrogen can be produced through various processes with differing degrees of complexity, cost and carbon consequences. Most hydrogen production today comes as an indirect by-product from oil refining or chemical processes (i.e. synthesis gas production). Pure hydrogen demand reached an estimated total of 74 Mt in 2018 for use in oil refining, ammonia production and methanol manufacturing while an additional 42 Mt was utilized via hydrogen-rich synthesis gases such as DRI for steelmaking purposes.

Power-to-hydrogen projects that harness surplus renewable electricity to split water into hydrogen and oxygen are becoming a reliable source of hydrogen production. Hydrogen produced through this method may be classified as either “green” or “brown,” depending on which energy source powers its electrolysis equipment; either way it does not directly rely on fossil fuels to be manufactured into energy.
Hydrogen can be stored as a gas in large volumes in natural geological formations such as salt caverns, lined hard rock caverns, depleted oil and gas fields and aquifers. Additionally, pressurized tanks or dedicated hydrogen pipeline infrastructure may also be used to store it.
Hydrogen has become an integral component of clean transportation applications ranging from road vehicles and airplanes to airplanes and shipping containers. Hydrogen fuel cell cars have already entered the market in over 30 countries; additionally, researchers are exploring methods of creating hydrogen from renewable resources or coal with carbon capture and storage.