Photovoltaic System Integration with Green Hydrogen: Towards an Innovative, Sustainable and Carbon-Free Solution

Abstract

This paper presents a 1200kw solar renewable energy system with integrated green hydrogen storage, aimed at optimizing the production and management of clean energy. The approach is based on the use of photovoltaic generators to generate solar energy, coupled with a 100kw proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen from excess electricity. The hydrogen produced is stored in gaseous form, which can later be used to generate electricity or as a fuel in industrial and transport applications. The system offers an effective solution to overcoming the intermittency of solar energy, and ensures the development of more sustainable solutions to guarantee a cleaner, more environmentally-friendly energy transition. This work explores the modeling and simulation of the system, analyzing its performance and role in a sustainable, low-carbon energy framework. The simulation indicated that the energy obtained from the photovoltaic panels could produce almost 200 kg of green hydrogen per day via electrolysis, enough to power around a hundred electric vehicles every day, with a range of 250 km.