POLITICS AND HYDROGEN ENERGY

Fossil fuels, which have been extensively utilized in industrial and domestic applications for a long time, have been causing problems as: energy deficit, environment pollution, global climate changes (global warming), world population migration, major environmental accidents and lower living standards. European Union approved different research projects about development of hydrogen energy sources, where participated 39 European partners. The work package target was: safety, durability, transport and others. The Black Sea contains dissolved hydrogen sulphide and its concentration is so high that except a top layer of 120-200 meters in the Black sea is almost no life. Accordingly, if hydrogen energy is produced from hydrogen sulphide in Black Sea deep waters, then the energy demand of regional countries can be partially compensated, and hydrogen energy can be transported to the European countries. This is possible with a power plant and its construction it might be performed by Romania and riparian countries with grants and technical skills appropriate local technologies. There are claims that Romania and Russia have developed independent projects on exploiting this natural resource in the past, but the development of nuclear energy and the interest on exporting natural gas from Russia prevented their practical achievement. The question is if, the actual economic crisis combined with the energy crisis could make politics change the option in the region and in Europe.