Spatial development of hydrogen energy in Russia: limitations and potentials of regions

The paradigm shift in the resource-based model of economic development, changes in the technological and energy platforms, imply the expansion of research, including the formation of a new direction for the development of regions, namely: the potential use of hydrogen energy and renewable energy sources. The goal of the article is to analyze methodological approaches to the development of hydrogen energy, practical aspects and strategic directions of its development in the Russian economic space, the potential and limitations of regional industries. The methodological basis of the research included: territorial-geographical, resource-based, process-based, systemic, innovative, and informational approaches. As a result of the study, the conditions and problems of developing hydrogen energy in the regions of Russia were identified. The obtained results can be used by the bodies of state power of the subjects of the Russian Federation in adjusting strategies for socio-economic development, for further development of this issue in the theory of spatial economics.