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Original Research Article

Prevalence of COVID - 19 Pandemic: A Paradigm Shift to Hydrogen Economy

Muhibbudin Eniola Ismail

Chemical Engineering Department, University of Ilorin

*Correspondence author: muhibbudin.ei@unilorin.edu.ng

Received: 12 February 2021  I  Accepted: 20 March 2021  I  Published: 27 March 2021  I  Article ID: MRJASSS21010
Copyright © 2021 Author(s) retain the copyright of this article.
This article is published under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0.

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic lockdown has slow down the world economic system. The pandemic has cleared the roads, close factories and grounded planes causing severe economic challenges. The damaging impact of the pandemic amid lockdown has been a blessing in guise for the environment because of significant drop in pollution level as transport and industrial sectors shutdown. Transport and industrial sectors are major contributors to environmental degradation through various emissions as a result of fossil fuel consumption. Energy consumed by transport and industrial sectors will have to shift to viable, readily available, economically and environmentally friendly with no carbon build up post Covid-19 pandemic. Hydrogen energy remains the best alternative option technologies containing green house gas emission and pollutions of several forms. Hydrogen holds the potential to provide a clean, reliable, renewable and economical source of energy for meeting the growing and unending global energy needs post pandemic. The present paperexplores the economic feasibility and potential of hydrogen to serve as acompetitive fuel option post pandemic. In this paper, the role of hydrogen as an energy carrier hydrogen economy structure, potential of hydrogen economy, hydrogen production methods, hydrogen application and the economic and environmental importance of hydrogen as a viable fuel option post covid-19 pandemic were discussed. There will be a surge in demand and investment for hydrogen economy post Covid-19.

Keywords: Corona virus, environmental degradation, hydrogen economy, clean energy, renewable sources, non renewable sources, economic impact, environmental impact