Actual Quality Changes in Natural Resource and Gas Grid Use in Prospective Hydrogen Technology Roll-Out in the World and Russia

Dmitry Radoushinsky (), Kirill Gogolinskiy, Yousef Dellal, Ivan Sytko and Abhishek Joshi
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Dmitry Radoushinsky: Department of Metrology, Instrumentation and Quality Management, St. Petersburg Mining University, 199106 St. Petersburg, Russia
Kirill Gogolinskiy: Department of Metrology, Instrumentation and Quality Management, St. Petersburg Mining University, 199106 St. Petersburg, Russia
Yousef Dellal: Arctic Scientific Center, St. Petersburg Mining University, 199106 St. Petersburg, Russia
Ivan Sytko: Department of Metrology, Instrumentation and Quality Management, St. Petersburg Mining University, 199106 St. Petersburg, Russia
Abhishek Joshi: Division of Research and Innovation, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun 248007, India

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 20, 1-31

Abstract: About 95% of current hydrogen production uses technologies involving primary fossil resources. A minor part is synthesized by low-carbon and close-to-zero-carbon-footprint methods using RESs. The significant expansion of low-carbon hydrogen energy is considered to be a part of the “green transition” policies taking over in technologically leading countries. Projects of hydrogen synthesis from natural gas with carbon capture for subsequent export to European and Asian regions poor in natural resources are considered promising by fossil-rich countries. Quality changes in natural resource use and gas grids will include (1) previously developed scientific groundwork and production facilities for hydrogen energy to stimulate the use of existing natural gas grids for hydrogen energy transport projects; (2) existing infrastructure for gas filling stations in China and Russia to allow the expansion of hydrogen-fuel-cell vehicles (HFCVs) using typical “mini-plant” projects of hydrogen synthesis using methane conversion technology; (3) feasibility testing for different hydrogen synthesis plants at medium and large scales using fossil resources (primarily natural gas), water and atomic energy. The results of this study will help focus on the primary tasks for quality changes in natural resource and gas grid use. Investments made and planned in hydrogen energy are assessed.

Keywords: natural resources use; hydrogen energy; hydrogen production method; hydrogen-fuel-cell vehicle (HFCV); complex efficiency index for hydrogen synthesis (conversion) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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