EDITORIAL: Climate Change; The need for Harnessing Green Hydrogen Technology

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Photo-Credit: A. J. Rabiu

It's near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded on earth. This increases due to emissions from internal combustion engines, deforestation, and the release of other pollutants in the atmosphere.

One of the reasons for great worry for all of us is the increasing conventional energy sources while the effect is bouncing back to our environment resulting in a poor quality of life on this planet. These stimulate man to hunt for alternative fuel sources that'll replace the available ones and also mitigate the menace of climate change and global warming.

To search for renewable energy sources which can remain available for an infinite period, solve the energy crisis without pollution and help in attaining a sustainable environment is the language dancing on the lips of everybody.

The prospective solution to these issues is renewable energy and leveraging Green Hydrogen Technology is the leading promising option.

Hydrogen technology as an alternative means of fossil fuels has the elements to address almost all of the aforementioned concerns. In its purest form, hydrogen emits zero emissions. Its supply is endless, its production is cheap and can help in achieving national energy security.

Despite this availability, when hydrogen is burned in an internal combustion engine, it produces zero exhausts and the only by-products produced is water instead of CO2 produced from the fossil fuels. It's used today in many industries mostly in oil refining and for the production of fertiliser.

Developed countries including Canada, Iceland, the US, Japan and Germany have taken the lead in deploying this technology. This has helped them to heavily reduce CO2 emissions released from burning carbonaceous fuels.

Concerning the mission of reducing emissions to a minimum of 55% by 2030 and reach net zero emissions by 2050, Hydrogen Systems Enabling Technology has the potential to achieve this mission, support decarbonization and contribute to climate neutrality.

About the Author:

Abdulhakami Junaidu Rabiu is a final-year student from the Department of Energy and Applied Chemistry, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto.

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