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Introduction

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The decreasing availability and the negative externalities of the fossil fuels have posed a prominent risk to our ecosystem. Hydrogen can replace these traditional fuels as one of the most promising energy carriers for the future energy economy. This chapter discusses the sustainability of energy sources and demonstrates how a new energy system based on hydrogen and renewable sources can be technically and economically feasible.

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    Static consumption is intended as a fixed consumption remaining at the current level, independent from the variable world consumptions which are expected to have a net increase and exclude the possibility of discovering new exploitable reserves.

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Zini, G., Tartarini, P. (2012). Introduction. In: Solar Hydrogen Energy Systems. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-1998-0_1

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