eprintid: 10195534 rev_number: 7 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/19/55/34 datestamp: 2024-08-07 14:29:09 lastmod: 2024-08-07 14:29:09 status_changed: 2024-08-07 14:29:09 type: article metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Martins, Flavio Pinheiro creators_name: De-León Almaraz, Sofía creators_name: Botelho Junior, Amilton Barbosa creators_name: Azzaro-Pantel, Catherine creators_name: Parikh, Priti title: Hydrogen and the sustainable development goals: Synergies and trade-offs ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C04 keywords: Hydrogen, Energy transition, Sustainable energy, Energy poverty, SDG note: This is an Open Access article published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). abstract: Sustainable Development Goal 7 highlights the importance of affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy. Transition to clean energy is vital for achieving climate action goals. Hydrogen can serve as a clean energy carrier, with the potential to decarbonize industry, transportation, and other sectors. As of 2021, hydrogen was mainly produced using fossil fuels (grey hydrogen), and only about 1 % of global hydrogen output was produced with renewable energy (green hydrogen). The transition to green hydrogen requires new hydrogen production, storage, and distribution facilities which is challenging to implement due to a lack of associated infrastructure and high upfront costs. This study highlighted barriers and opportunities for hydrogen technologies by reviewing evidence and establishing links with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The review identified fifty-two opportunities and forty-six challenges linked to SDGs1, 2, 4.6, 7, 9, 11, 12 and 13. Out of all the hydrogen production technologies green hydrogen was the most common choice noted in the. Technical opportunities for green hydrogen production were found to have the potential to positively impact society and environment, but high costs were noted to be a barrier. To reduce economic barriers, recommendations include analysing the impact of subsidies and working further on the development of policies and regulations to support the scaling-up of green hydrogen systems. date: 2024-10 date_type: published publisher: Elsevier BV official_url: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114796 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 2303223 doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114796 lyricists_name: Parikh, Priti lyricists_id: PPARI97 actors_name: Parikh, Priti actors_id: PPARI97 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews volume: 204 article_number: 114796 issn: 1364-0321 citation: Martins, Flavio Pinheiro; De-León Almaraz, Sofía; Botelho Junior, Amilton Barbosa; Azzaro-Pantel, Catherine; Parikh, Priti; (2024) Hydrogen and the sustainable development goals: Synergies and trade-offs. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews , 204 , Article 114796. 10.1016/j.rser.2024.114796 <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2024.114796>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10195534/1/Hydrogen%20and%20the%20sustainable%20development%20goals_%20Synergies%20and%20trade-offs.pdf