Amusement Logic’s concern for efficiency, sustainability and respect for the environment is constant. This often takes the form of research into the implementation of renewable energies in its projects, whether they are water parks, hotels or resorts, campsites, shopping centres or other leisure and tourism facilities. One such energy source is the so-called “green hydrogen“.
Hydrogen is produced through a process of electrolysis, which consists of passing an electric current through water. This process separates the oxygen and hydrogen atoms and stores electrical energy in the hydrogen molecule as chemical energy. Green hydrogen is produced by electrolysis using only renewable energy sources. Therefore, the use of solar photovoltaic, wind or hydroelectric energy in this process makes hydrogen a clean and sustainable energy.
However, there are still major challenges to overcome to make this form of hydrogen production viable. These include reducing the cost of production, developing safe and efficient methods of storage and transport, and improving the devices that convert hydrogen’s chemical energy into electricity.
Despite the challenges, green hydrogen will have a number of uses in the near future, including some that can be applied to the leisure and tourism projects that Amusement Logic is developing, be they water parks, hotels or resorts, campsites, shopping centres or others. For example, as fuel for the air conditioning of spaces or to acclimatise water.
By Francisco Lozano, MEP engineer in Amusement Logic’s Architecture Department.
