Hydrogen education

Let us make it simple. Why hydrogen? Why 'green'? Hydrogen, because burning it does not cause environmental degradation. Green, or sometimes called blue. Low- Carbon Hydrogen, green or blue hydrogen, is created thanks to renewable energy sources. It is one of the most perfect ways of storing energy and transmitting it over long distances. Hydrogen can be used in transport, energy, heating and industry.

Green hydrogen technology is one of the few alternatives to fossil fuels and as one of the few feasible solutions, it can deal with the problem of environmental degradation.

"Hydrogen produced using low-emission technologies will play an important role in achieving climate neutrality, reducing the carbon intensity of the economy and increasing the competitiveness of Polish entrepreneurs. During the progressive process of building a hydrogen economy, there will be an increase in the importance, widespread use and reduction in the cost of hydrogen technologies."

When a "new" sector of the economy is built it is necessary to prepare appropriate educational resources to enable the acquisition of knowledge for newly created professions, specialisations, competences. New specialists will not appear overnight. Their knowledge will not sprout on its own. It is necessary to create a system of transfer of specialist knowledge and to systematise it properly, together with a system of evaluation and certification. The aforementioned agreement goes on to say that specialised staff with knowledge in the field of hydrogen technology will enter the market around 2027, and in the meantime, from 2022, staff for the hydrogen economy will be developed. Market qualifications or model learning outcomes will be developed, standards for post-graduate programmes and further education courses will be established, new and modified fields of study will be created - all this for the future real vision of building the hydrogen economy. In 2025, regional education and information centres will be set up. All with the aim of disseminating hydrogen technologies and reducing the cost of producing green hydrogen, because, as all experts stress, 'hydrogen likes size'. We would not be able to achieve satisfactory results if activities were carried out on too small a scale.

Interest in hydrogen technology and fuel cells is growing, but there is still a lack of general awareness of hydrogen as an energy alternative. Comprehensive solutions are needed to educate hydrogen-related industry workers and the wider target audience about the long-term benefits and short-term realities of hydrogen, production methods and fuel cell systems and related infrastructure.

It is crucial to engage in educating the public, as well as target groups that play a key role in the development of the hydrogen economy - teachers and students, local and national government representatives, state safety and regulatory bodies, and potential commercial end-users - about hydrogen and fuel cell technologies and the wider hydrogen economy.