The Importance of Hydrogen

In this teaching module, the complete hydrogen value chain is discussed. Before the technical details of hydrogen supply and the possible applications are explained, this chapter will look at the background and motivation behind the efforts to establish hydrogen as a sustainable energy carrier of the future. The first two sections of this chapter therefore deal with climate change. It will be explained why the earth's climate is changing due to human activities, what the consequences of climate change are/will be and why it is necessary to reduce climate change to a minimum. The third and final section deals with the energy transition. It will be shown how far the energy transition has progressed in the various sectors, where there are still challenges to solve and what role hydrogen can play in this.