Effect of Solar Energy Technology on Green Hydrogen Production

Abstract

Hydrogen can be produced in a clean, emission-free manner using solar technologies. Solar energy technology, specifically photovoltaic energy paired with PEM (proton exchange membrane), is required to complete the electrochemical water splitting process. The actual challenge of integrating renewable energy sources into PEM is developing the best possible set of operating parameters. Hydrogen generation flow in this study depends on a number of variables. Using two distinct solar energy methods with equivalent energy production, the authors discovered that the flow of hydrogen production may be altered. The best results were recorded in Illizi (Afra), where the annual power consumption was measured at 896.65 kWh and the flow rate was calculated to be around 4.59 L/h. The global annual loss under this setup is rather small at 10.6%.