Hydrogen Production and Management Systems

The Hydrogen Production and Management Systems Emerging Market Analysis report delivers current market analysis plus a five year market and technology forecast. 

Market for Hydrogen Production and Management Systems to Experience Significant Growth

New ARC Advisory Group research on the Hydrogen Production and Management Systems market reveals that hydrogen and primary energy have a long-shared history. Hydrogen powered the first internal combustion engines in the past and is now an integral part of the refining industry. It is lightweight, storable, has a high energy density, and produces no direct emissions of pollutants or greenhouse gases. However, for hydrogen to make a significant contribution to a clean energy transition, it must be used in sectors where it has been almost completely absent, such as transportation, stationary heating, and power generation. 

This report provides a comprehensive and independent overview of the control equipment market in the three most important hydrogen applications: where things stand today; how hydrogen can help achieve a clean, secure, and affordable energy future; as well as what the market development for control equipment looks like.

Hydrogen Production and Management Systems Strategic Issues

In addition to providing a five-year market forecast, the Hydrogen Production and Automation Systems market research report provides detailed quantitative current market data and addresses key strategic issues as follows.

Purchase H2 Control Equipment that Is Sustainable

Buying the right control equipment for hydrogen applications is not simple. Every purchasing process should be sustainable, and therefore equipment that is purchased is usually future proof. That is why the preferred choice is to buy standardized control equipment that has reached a certain market maturity. However, many hydrogen aspects are in early development mode. Such applications are not yet standardized, and the probability is high that other products will be used in the future. Therefore, the following purchasing strategy should be applied until 2025. If possible, do not use control equipment products that have been developed exclusively for hydrogen applications. It is better to use products that are also used in other oil & gas applications. This increases the likelihood of purchasing control equipment that will be available on the market for a correspondingly long time.

Observe the Four Different H2 Aspects

The automation technology in the different hydrogen aspects has a strongly different character. This is due to the fact that in the past, hydrogen was only used as primary energy in a few applications. As a result, aspects such as transport, storage, or end equipment were/are not very well developed. Hydrogen was essentially produced where it was needed and then used directly in combustion processes. A typical example is the aspect "Hydrogen Production". The 75 metric tons (mT) of hydrogen produced was produced using steam reforming and often reused in refineries. This is why the automation market for steam-reforming is so strong
and other production processes are not. Similar trends can be found in the other aspects as well. Automation often predominates in only one application. In the future, when hydrogen will be used by many different applications, this distribution will change. The areas that today only have a niche existence, will have the highest growth rates.