Transitioning to Green Energy: The Role of Hydrogen
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "A5: Hydrogen Energy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 April 2026 | Viewed by 5
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Interests: energy policy; sustainable development; hydrogen; energy transition; renewable energy sources
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Interests: energy markets; energy transition; renewable energy sources; green hydrogen; solar energy; PV
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As the world confronts climate change and the urgent need to reduce carbon emissions, transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources has become a global priority. Among various alternatives, green hydrogen stands out as a versatile and promising energy carrier. Unlike grey or blue hydrogen, green hydrogen production does not emit CO2.
Although green hydrogen seems to offer a number of positive opportunities for use in the green transformation, including energy storage and the decarbonization of sectors of the economy that are difficult to electrify, its applications can be diverse: from transport though industrial application to power generation, its widespread use requires overcoming many challenges, especially those related to market creation.
This Special Issue aims to widely explore the role of hydrogen in the green energy transition, as well as its advantages, challenges, and future potential.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Green hydrogen in the decarbonization of heavy industry.
- Technical, technological, and economic problems of green hydrogen utilization in different applications.
- Green hydrogen as a buffer for renewable energy systems.
- Problems of hydrogen application in fuel cell electric vehicles.
- The role of hydrogen in climate change mitigation.
- Hydrogen—challenges to overcome to reshape the global energy system.
- The role of international cooperation in building a cross-border value chain of hydrogen.
- The value of green hydrogen production for increasing energy security and independence.
- Costs and efficiency issues in green hydrogen production.
- The hydrogen international market.
- The development of infrastructure for hydrogen.
- Government incentives and international coordination for hydrogen development.
- R&D and investment directions to increase hydrogen potential.
Dr. Lidia Gawlik
Dr. Aleksandra Komorowska
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogen
- green hydrogen
- green energy
- renewable energy
- fuel cells
- decarbonization
- electrolysis
- hydrogen economy
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