STS: Bir Disiplin Olarak Kimlik İnşası
Decarbonization with Hydrogen: Conflict of Technical, Economic and Legal Aspects
Yazarlar:
Ayşe Şehnaz Kart
İskender Gökalp
Yayıncı:
Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Yayınları
Proposals on the inclusion of hydrogen as an energy vector into the large-scale energy socio-technical system has gained considerable momentum along with the acute effects of the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. This study examines the conflict between various dimensions of decarbonization with hydrogen agenda within the conceptual framework of international environmental law and policies. In this study, firstly, a general due diligence of the technical, economic, and legal aspects of the hydrogen economy particularly in Europe is carried out. Subsequently, via textual analyses of European Union’s strategic documents, the incompatibility of the hydrogen risk chain with the hydrogen value chain is revealed. Finally, as one remedy to this incompatibility; “precautionary principle”, its relation to STS studies, and its possible applications in the context of hydrogen technologies is discussed.