The global hydrogen market is facing major challenges. While the demand for green hydrogen is projected to reach at least 25 million metric tons by 2050, the available production capacity to reach this goal remains insufficient. Electrolyzers, the key plants for hydrogen production, are still not built on the necessary scale. At the same time, Power-to-X technologies are unlocking revolutionary methods to transform green energy into sustainable fuels, chemicals, or ship propellants. Innovative and scalable engineering processes are vital for these technologies to succeed. Aucotec’s data-centric platform Engineering Base offers a tailor-made solution, demonstrating why structured data is the key for the Power-to-X and hydrogen industries and further business cases including predictive maintenance and AI analytics.

Methanol is gaining prominence as a key player in the transition to a more sustainable future, particularly in sectors such as shipping, chemicals, and aviation, with the latter showing promise as an end use via the methanol-to-jet route. This synthetic compound is classified as an RFNBO (Renewable Fuel of Non-Biological Origin) when produced using hydrogen generated from renewable electricity and carbon dioxide captured from various sources. In this article, we will address the most relevant parameters of e-methanol plants and their coupling with renewable hydrogen production.

Hydrogen storage remains a key challenge for advancing the hydrogen economy. While current technologies, such as high-pressure gas and cryogenic liquid storage, have served various applications, they face limitations in cost, volumetric and gravimetric efficiencies, and jurisdictional restrictions related to safety. Solid-state hydrogen storage using reticular materials, such as Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs), offers a promising alternative at low pressures and ambient temperatures without compromising storage capacity. This article explores how hydrogen storage based on reticular materials compares to conventional methods and examines its potential to revolutionize the hydrogen value chain.