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Hydrogen Generation Market size to exceed $180bn by 2024

Published Date: January 5, 2017 Author: Global Market Insights, Inc.

Hydrogen Generation Market size is forecast to cross USD 180 billion by 2024, according to a new research report by Global Market Insights, Inc.

Strict regulatory norms to reduce sulfur content with measures to reduce the carbon footprint will drive the global hydrogen generation market size. U.S. federal and state governments have adopted various programs including the Tier 3 program to reduce the sulfur content in gasoline, motor oil, and diesel, which aims to lower the gasoline sulfur content up to 10 ppm in 2017.

Growing demand for petroleum products from developing countries is anticipated to drive the hydrogen generation market size in the coming years. Hydrogen is used in various refining processes including hydrocracking and hydrodesulfurization to crack bigger molecules into lighter ones and converted into more usable products.

Strong investment for the expansion and upgrade of refineries to fulfill emission and sulfur content regulation will stimulate the hydrogen generation market size growth. Increasing heavy crude oil consumption demand will complement the industry landscape. Positive outlook towards the chemical industry including ammonia and methanol will positively influence growth.

Hydrogen generation market demand from the steam reformer process is predicted to witness growth at over 5% CAGR during the forecast period owing to low prices and easy availability of natural gas. In the steam methane reforming process, methane reacts with steam in the presence of catalyst under 3 bar to 25 bar pressure to p