Industrialization roadmap model for fermentative hydrogen production from biomass in Taiwan

The study aimed to construct a technology industrialization roadmap model and apply it to illustrate the fermentative hydrogen production from biomass in Taiwan. The paper distinguishes and defines the emerging industrialization process technology and collects and analyzes secondary data. Subsequently, it identifies the current phase of technology development and investigates the future activities of the industrial phase and the relationship between technology, product, applications, and markets by further formulating the industrialization roadmap. The results are as follows. The industrialization of hydrogen production by fermentation from biomass in Taiwan is currently in the “technology-application transition phase,” in which key technologies such as selection and cultivation of dominant hydrogen-producing bacteria, processing of biomass feedstock, and control of operation parameters have been mastered. The industrialization roadmap has designated the years 2016-2020 as the “nurture phase,” 2021-2025 as the “application-market transition phase,” and 2026-2035 as the “growth phase.”