Hydrogen production from renewable energy: Market intelligence of uses as technical gas

Hydrogen is abundant, uniformly distributed throughout the Earth's surface and its oxidation product (water) is environmentally benign. Owing to these features, it is considered the ideal energy carrier. It is a reality that has been spreading in recent years, but it has been talked about for decades. The problem is that the name Hydrogen has been combined with a negative meaning following two serious episodes, one in 1936 concerning the German zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg and the other is the hydrogen bomb. It must be treated as safely as all other fuels, but it is no longer dangerous, for example, than oil. Another reason why it didn’t spread before was related to costs, which were too high and made oil more and more competitive because it was cheaper. But today, hydrogen systems are becoming more efficient and less expensive. The emergence of new technologies concurs to make it a vital resource for the economy of the future by fulfilling part of Julies Verne’s prophecy. This thesis work will explain the characteristics, the production methods, the storage of both hydrogen and oxygen, and will be focused on the production of green hydrogen. A study was carried out on a pilot plant for the production of hydrogen and oxygen powered by solar energy. A market analysis has been conducted in the Marche region to identify the ideal location of the future plant. “Hydrogen offers us a way to live a greener, fairer and more prosperous world.”