Open AccessThe prospect and challenges of renewable hydrogen production in Iraq
Author(s) -
May Ali Alsaffar,
Bamidele Victor Ayodele,
M. A. Abdel Ghany,
Zainab Y. Shnain,
Siti Indati Mustapa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/737/1/012197
Subject(s) - renewable energy , fossil fuel , context (archaeology) , hydrogen production , natural resource economics , environmental science , hydrogen economy , greenhouse gas , production (economics) , electricity , waste management , hydrogen , engineering , economics , chemistry , ecology , organic chemistry , electrical engineering , paleontology , macroeconomics , biology
The energy demand in Iraq has increased in the past decade as a result of growth in population and industrialization. Although, most of the energy demand is being met using energy derived from fossil fuels, which are fast depleting and have the problem of emission of greenhouse gases when combusted. Recently, there have been an increasing awareness in the quest for alternative source of cleaner and sustainable energy production. One of such alternatives is hydrogen energy, which has been tagged as the energy of the future with zero-emission when combusted with oxygen. Moreover, hydrogen has wide applications in electrochemical cells for electricity production or as fuel in internal combustion engines for powering vehicles. The present study gives an overview of the prospect and challenges of renewable hydrogen production in Iraq. Moreover, the availability of the different feedstocks for the production of renewable hydrogen as well as the state-of-the-art in Iraqi context were examined. The prospect and challenges in the production of renewable hydrogen in Iraq were also presented.