Technological Framework to assess the implementation of Power to Hydrogen

The current EU member states have set targets to reduce annual greenhouse emissions for 2021-2030. Sixty per cent of EU emissions include sectors like buildings, agriculture, non-ETS industry and waste. Much research cannot be found to reduce emissions in the buildings, houses and community-based scenarios. Therefore, this research focuses on developing an innovative model to make the community a hundred percent reliant on renewable energy sources. Renewable energy produces power variably depending upon external conditions. At times, the variability of renewable energy cannot be fed into the power grid due to network constraints or low demand leading to curtailment of the energy or selling the energy at zero marginal price. Therefore, the curtailment of energy and its intermittency is the biggest barrier in delaying the transition towards a hundred per cent of renewable power into the power systems. Robust energy storage technology is required to integrate with an intelligent control system to increase the penetration of renewable energy into the energy mix. To meet this requirement, “Green Hydrogen” produced can contribute to energy security by providing another energy carrier with different supply chains, producers, and markets, diversifying the energy mix, and improving the system’s resilience. To produce hydrogen, power to hydrogen technology is an innovative solution, and a framework needs to be developed to integrate this technology in the community using Industry 4.0.Management of Technology (MoT