The prospects of hydrogen as a fuel of the future, the importance of developing hydrogen technologies in Ukraine and the world

The article explains that environmental pollution, the depletion of natural resources and climate change are modern challenges that have a global scale. Their aggravation has led to horrible consequences that can now be seen in all countries of the world. Difficulties in the energy sphere and high dependence on traditional fossil fuels call into question environmental, economic and social safety. This stimulates humanity to look for new ideas, solutions and environmentally friendly alternatives. In our time, among such highly promising variants, hydrogen can be highlighted, which, due to its unique properties, can become the fuel of the future. In the article, the concept of hydrogen as a resource and fuel is explained, its unique characteristics and reserves are noted, its key types and ways to make them are indicated, the modern prospects of hydrogen technologies and their importance are considered. Examples of hydrogen usage in a big number of spheres were given, special attention was paid to successes in the transport and logistics in the process of managing supply chains. In this paper, it was emphasised that hydrogen is highly promising for road, rail, air, water and even space transport, and examples of such modern initiatives were given. In a similar way, in this work, the main advantages that can be gained from the use of hydrogen were pointed out and the key contours of the development of this sphere in the coming years were described, both in our country and abroad. As a result, the reason why it is so important to continue to research and study this direction was highlighted.