Accelerating the Transition to a Hydrogen Economy: Achieving Carbon Neutrality provides a guide to the transition to net zero carbon emissions through the hydrogen economy. Within the context of the Industrial Revolution 4.0, the book explores the implications of the hydrogen economy on the nexus of food-waste-energy and provides an overview of the impacts of the hydrogen economy on the energy industry. The book examines the role of the hydrogen economy in achieving net zero carbon emissions in the waste sector, methods for achieving decarbonization in different industries and parts of the economy, and the technologies that can achieve this.
Each chapter provides a synopsis of the fundamental knowledge and latest developments to ensure readers of all experience levels and backgrounds can benefit from the book. Future perspectives and actionable next steps are suggested alongside case studies that provide a roadmap to decarbonization.
Section I. A Journey of transition towards net zero emission
1. Accelerating a transition to net zero emission in the waste sector
2. Moving towards a net zero emission in the energy sector
3. Sustaining global food security through digitalization
4. Promoting inclusive and sustainable growth through valorization of unused waste
5. Decarbonization in the nexus of waste-food and energy using digital technologies
6. Moving towards a zero-waste society by resource recovery
7. Development, challenges, and opportunities in the applications of low-carbon technology
8. Contribution of circular economy (CE) towards net zero emission and decarbonization Section II Decarbonization through hydrogen economy
9. Development of clean energy technologies for blue economy
10. How Blue Hydrogen Can Help Decarbonize the Economy?
11. Clean Hydrogen: A Versatile Tool for Decarbonization
12. Hydrogen decarbonization pathways
13. Prospects and challenges of hydrogen economy in decarbonization
14. Hydrogen economy: from upstream (production) to downstream (application)
15. Perspective of electrification in hydrogen economy
16. Strategies for achieving carbon neutrality Section III Zero-carbon technology in Hydrogen economy
17. Role of hydrogen in the future development of transportation vehicles
18. Road to Net-Zero: Transition Challenges and Solutions of hydrogen in attaining net-zero CO2 emission
19. New and emerging hydrogen applications, including industrial applications
20. Hydrogen in low-carbon economies and its bottlenecks
21. How Do Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Work Using Hydrogen?
22. Why Hydrogen Fuel Cells May Transform the Future of Energy?
Dr. Tonni Agustiono Kurniawans degrees include a B.Sc. in chemistry from the Bogor Agricultural University (Indonesia), a M.Sc. in environmental technology from the Thammasat University (Thailand), and a Ph.D. in applied chemical technology from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (China). He is the author of over 130 peer-reviewed publications in ISI-rated journals, 26 conference proceedings, including 9 book chapters and 6 monographs on waste to energy and wastewater treatment. He received the 2010 Green Talent Award from German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the 2013 Young Scientist Award from the World Economy Forum (WEF) (Switzerland), and the 2014 Scope-Zhongyu (France) for his outstanding research contribution to the fields of study. Elsevier and Stanford University (US) listed him among the top 2% of highly cited scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences. Dr. Prasad is Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad (India). He has made outstanding contributions to the fields of bioremediation, bioresources, biomass energy sources, bioeconomy, and to the broad field of environmental biotechnology, all of which are his main areas of expertise. Dr. Prasad has served the Government of Indias Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change as a member of various advisory committees on biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, pollution control and abatement, environmental information systems and bioremediation of contaminated sites. He is an active visiting scientist for several international universities.
