Accelerating the Transition to a Hydrogen Economy provides a roadmap in the global economy, from carbon to hydrogen. Within the context of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, the book brings together global expertise from academia and industry to accelerate the science, innovation, and practice of the hydrogen economy to address energy challenges and advance UN Sustainable Development Goals. The book highlights the change of paradigm in the global economy from carbon to hydrogen, disseminating knowledge to readers about climate change and providing a critical overview of hydrogen generation and its utilization in various sectors. Each chapter provides a synopsis of the fundamental knowledge and recent developments to ensure readers of all experience levels and backgrounds benefit. Future perspectives and actionable next steps are presented alongside case studies from different region of the world that provide a roadmap to decarbonization and the energy transition.
Table of Contents
Section I: A transition towards net zero emission in a hydrogen economy 1. Hydrogen development drivers and barriers, including application cost and feasibility 2. Hydrogen in low-carbon economies and its affordable implementation 3. Challenges and opportunities of hydrogen economy in Industrial Revolution 4.0 era 4. Promoting inclusive and sustainable growth through valorization of unused waste towards hydrogen economy 5. Sustaining global food security through digitalization in hydrogen economy Section II. Cost-benefits of a hydrogen economy 6. Hydrogen financing and investment aspect of hydrogen development 7. Role of green finance taxonomy for hydrogen 8. Cost-benefit analysis for hydrogen production from treated effluent 9. Global hydrogen trade and production and supply chains 10. Energy and economic aspects related to combined wastewater treatment and hydrogen generation. 11. Role of hydrogen in decarbonizing business sectors and its impact on production, price, competitiveness, and other performance areas Section III. Zero-carbon technology in hydrogen economy 12. Development of clean energy technologies for blue economy 13. New and emerging hydrogen applications for industrial purposes with carbon capture utilization, and storage-equipped projects 14. Hydrogen in national energy systems and impacts on energy security, and the interactivity of hydrogen and other energy carriers 15. Thermochemical routes for biohydrogen generation 16. Role of hydrogen in the future development of transportation sector 17. Role of hydrogen in achieving Nationally Determined Contributions, net-zero carbon emissions, and other emission targets Section IV. Decarbonization through hydrogen economy 18. Novel materials for hydrogen generation in contaminated water 19. Fundamentals of hydrogen generation in contaminated water 20. Innovative technologies of hydrogen generation from unused resources 21. From wastewater to clean hydrogen 22. Biohydrogen generation from algae and microalgae 23. Pulling hydrogen from wastewater using sunlight Section V. Hydrogen economy development in regional setting 24. Hydrogen economy development in the European Union region 25. Hydrogen economy development in North America region 26. Hydrogen economy development in Asia-Pacific region 27. Hydrogen economy development in MENA region 28. National hydrogen strategies and other policies for promoting hydrogen economy Section VI. Hydrogen economy in Industry 4.0 Era 29. Biohydrogen generation from lab to industry: Bottlenecks and the way forward 30. Challenges and opportunities of hydrogen economy in Industry 4.0 era 31. Scale-up and commercial applications of biohydrogen generation 32. The future of the hydrogen market on high value-adding conversion and utilization approaches 33. Towards net zero emissions in the nexus of water-food and energy through hydrogen economy
Authors
Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan College of Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. Dr. Tonni Agustiono Kurniawan's degrees include a B.Sc. in chemistry from the Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia), a M.Sc. in environmental technology from the Thammasat University (Thailand), and a Ph.D. in applied chemical technology from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China). He is the author of over 130 peer-reviewed publications in ISI-rated journals, 26 conference proceedings, including 9 book chapters and 6 monographs on waste to energy and wastewater treatment. He received the 2010 Green Talent Award from German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the 2013 Young Scientist Award from the World Economy Forum (WEF) (Switzerland), and the 2014 Scope-Zhongyu (France) for his outstanding research contribution to the fields of study. Elsevier and Stanford University (US) listed him among the top 2% of highly cited scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences. Majeti Narashima Vara Prasad School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.Majeti Narasimha Vara Prasad obtained his MSc (Botany) from Andhra University, Waltair, 1973e75 and PhD (Botany) from Lucknow University, Lucknow, 1975e79 (research conducted at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India). He was a lecturer, 1980-85, in the Department of Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya. Prasad joined the University of Hyderabad, School of Life Science, and served as a lecturer from 1985 to 1986 and 1985 to 1986 as a lecturer (Senior Scale); reader, 1990e98, and Professor since 1998 to May 10, 2018, in the Department of Plant Sciences. Prasad served the University of Hyderabad in various positions such as the Dean, School of Life Sciences; Head, Department of Plant Sciences; Coordinator, Biotechnology Program; Coordinator of PG Diploma in Environmental Education and Management. He retired in the year 2018 February as a Professor and Dean, School of Life Sciences. Prasad made significant contributions to the field of environmental biotechnology. Prasad (with his group) has published 226 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and about 150 book chapters. He is the editor and coeditor of several books, Elsevier [20], Wiley [10], Springer [7]; one each by Fizmatlit Russia, Kluwer Academic, Russian Academy of Sciences, CRC Press, and Taylor and Francis, Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India, Marcel Dekker, Narosa.
