Beyond hydrogen – three resources for a sustainable future
The entire world is lined up for the hydrogen race. Countries are adopting long-term strategies with huge budgets, scientists are developing new ideas and the business world is investing more and more boldly. Hydrogen is the fuel of the future and, in addition to changing the face of the energy industry, it will also have a strong impact on other economic sectors – particularly transportation, industry and innovation.
Today, we know that the world cannot progress at the expense of future generations. That’s why our goal is to transform the economy towards zero-carbon, and hydrogen can make this very easy for us. However, we still have a long way to go: currently, as much as 95% of the world’s supply of this raw material comes from fossil fuel processing, mainly coal and gas. In this case, the by-product of hydrogen formation is carbon dioxide, which is why such hydrogen is called black or grey. And that’s not the point, after all. We need technologies that will make green hydrogen – created from renewable energy sources – dominant. The production of green hydrogen is not yet economically viable, although fortunately the costs of producing it by electrolysis have already fallen significantly in recent years.
Poland has also entered the race for green hydrogen. And it has quite a good chance to become one of the leaders. Our scientists have huge potential, and the biggest Polish companies are willing and able to invest in hydrogen. The state administration will also support us. In early November, the Polish government adopted a hydrogen strategy until 2030 with an outlook until 2040. According to this plan, hydrogen technologies will be comprehensively implemented in the Polish economy, and specific solutions will go to the Polish energy, transport and industry sectors. More importantly, Poland will focus not only on hydrogen production, but will also invest in technologies for its transmission and storage. Ultimately, five hydrogen valleys will be created. These will be both centres of excellence and development incubators for hydrogen technologies that will integrate companies from different sectors. The Polish hydrogen market will also benefit greatly from the fact that a network of renewable energy sources is being developed on the Vistula River, and construction of small- and large-scale nuclear power plants is planned. The energy surplus here can be used to produce pure hydrogen.
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