Upcoming Water Deficit in Central Asia Rural Regions and Perspectives of Green Hydrogen Production

23rd International Scientific Conference "Engineering for Rural Development": Proceedings. Vol.23 2024
Vladislav Zavadskiy, Gita Rēvalde

Due to the predicted water deficit by 2030, significant climate change should affect mostly rural regions of the southern part of Central Asia in such countries as the south of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and others. The goal of our research is to analyse the influence of green hydrogen production on the upcoming water deficit in rural regions of Central Asia. We elaborated a simple mathematical model based on renewable energy and hydrogen production potential, giving numerical results about possibility of hydrogen production and water consumption. The article presents also an analysis of the current situation with the water-electricity balance in the region. We have concluded that hydrogen projects can have minimum impact on the water consumption by agriculture in the region and can be fully supplied with renewable energy sources.

Keywords
water deficit, hydrogen, climate change, water-electricity balance, rural regions, Central Asia
DOI
10.22616/ERDev.2024.23.TF183
Hyperlink
https://www.iitf.lbtu.lv/conference/proceedings2024/Papers/TF183.pdf

Zavadskiy, V., Rēvalde, G. Upcoming Water Deficit in Central Asia Rural Regions and Perspectives of Green Hydrogen Production. In: 23rd International Scientific Conference "Engineering for Rural Development": Proceedings. Vol.23, Latvia, Jelgava, 22-24 May, 2024. Jelgava: Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies, 2024, pp.921-926. ISSN 1691-3043. Available from: doi:10.22616/ERDev.2024.23.TF183

Publication language
English (en)