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Climate change is one of our time’s most
pressing issues, posing significant challenges to our communities
and the environment. Sea level rise, ice sheet and glacier
shrinkage, catastrophic floods, and the effects of climate change
are global in scope and unprecedented in scale. Adapting to these
consequences in the future may be more difficult and costly if
significant action is not taken today. Several causes, including the
use of fossil fuels, contribute to climate change by releasing CO2
into the atmosphere, causing the planet to heat up and culminating
in climate change. In the current context, green hydrogen (GH) plays
a critical role in overcoming this challenge. GH is hydrogen fuel
that is produced using renewable energy rather than fossil fuels.
Every year, about 100 million of tons of hydrogen are generated for
a variety of commercial applications. The huge majority of this
industrial hydrogen is derived through coal gasification or steam
methane reforming, both of which need a high level of strength and
produce significant CO2 emissions. The electrolysis of water
produces a significantly lesser percentage of hydrogen, which is a
far more sustainable and clean approach if the energy is derived
from renewable sources. A novel, green method of producing hydrogen
could reduce global warming-causing greenhouse gas emissions and
help countries to achieve their climate goals. The paper points out
how the concerns of today, including climate change can be turned
into the use of clean energy. The objective of this article is to
give an overview of the current situation regarding green hydrogen
and its applications. |
