Beyond these major challenges, other aspects remain essential to the success and viability of the sector: social acceptability and the availability of hydrogen, which underpin responses in terms of the safety and reliability of systems and infrastructures, are indeed essential!
As an illustration, the PCAET (Territorial Climate, Air and Energy Plan) workshops in the territories are gathering valuable information from citizens. When consulted on the subject of hydrogen, the public often expresses a favourable opinion of this new energy vector, which is well perceived as a “renewable” energy. However, one of the frequent points of questioning concerns the danger of this energy and the safety of new systems using hydrogen, particularly for mobility.