Estimating environmental benefits resulting from the justification for the implementation of hydrogen technology in the road transport in Poland

Taking into account the depletion of crude oil resources, as well as progressive climate changes, requires both in the short and the long term a radical restructuring of the EU’s transport system. Among the measures designed to ensure attaining objectives of transport policy there are, among the others, proposals such as: gradual phasing-out of the conventionally-powered cars from the cities by the 2050 and transferring in the same time horizon, 50% of passenger transport over medium distances and the freight one over long distances, from the roads over to other modes of transport. New technologies for vehicles and traffic management will be the key to decreasing pollutants emissions form transport. The method of estimating environmental benefits resulting from the expected development of hydrogen technology in the road transport in Poland. The results of the adopted scenario of the expert forecast by the 2050 of the development of the fleet of cars equipped with hydrogen supplied fuel cells diving along the Polish roads, forecasts of the mileages of these vehicles. Predicted consumption of petroleum originated fuels by the vehicles being replaced by electric vehicles equipped with fuel cells. Estimating the emissions of pollutants by the said car fleet. The costs not incurred, related to the air pollution by gases and dust emitted from combustion engines of cars and buses as a result of the development of hydrogen technology in Poland in the selected forecast years, calculated based on the rates in force in Poland. These costs estimated based on the indicators published by the European Commission.