Currently, a significant transformation for energy systems has emerged as a result of the trend to develop an energy framework without fossil fuel reliance, the concerns about climate change and air quality, and the need to provide electricity to around of 17% of world population who lacks the service. Accordingly, the deployment of power plants located close to end-users and including multiple energy sources and carriers, along with the growing share of renewable energies, have suggested changes in the energy sector. Despite their potential capabilities, the design of distributed energy systems (DES) is a complex problem due to the simultaneous goals and constraints that need to be considered, as well as to the high context dependence of this kind of projects. For these reasons, in this work a systematic literature review of DES including hydrogen as energy vector, was made analyzing 106 research papers published between the years 2000–2018, and extracted from Scopus^® and Web of Science databases. The aim was to identify how hydrogen is employed (technologies, uses) and the criteria that are evaluated (economic, technical, social and environmental) when these systems are designed, planned and/or operated. The results constitute a baseline information covering the type of technologies, equipment sizes and hydrogen applications, that could be valuable for the preliminary stages of research or project planning of DES involving hydrogen. Furthermore, other factors have also been identified, such as the focus on techno-economic issues, and the lack of considering socio/political aspects and the uncertainty about input data like weather conditions, energy prices and demands. Additionally, a more integrated approach is needed including all the hydrogen supply chain stages and project stakeholders, to tackle issues like safety of the energy systems that could produce consumer rejections.

当前，由于没有化石燃料依赖而开发能源框架的趋势，对气候变化和空气质量的担忧以及需要向约17％的世界人口提供电力的趋势，能源系统已经出现了重大变革。缺乏服务。因此，靠近最终用户并包括多种能源和载体的发电厂的部署，以及可再生能源份额的增加，都暗示着能源领域的变化。尽管具有潜在的功能，但分布式能源系统（DES）的设计仍然是一个复杂的问题，这是因为需要同时考虑目标和约束，以及此类项目的高度依赖上下文。由于这些原因，^®和Web of Science数据库。目的是确定在设计，计划和/或操作这些系统时如何使用氢（技术，用途）以及要评估的标准（经济，技术，社会和环境）。结果构成了涵盖技术类型，设备尺寸和氢应用的基线信息，这对于涉及氢的DES的研究或项目计划的初步阶段可能是有价值的。此外，还确定了其他因素，例如对技术经济问题的关注，缺乏对社会/政治方面的考虑以及对输入数据（如天气状况，能源价格和需求）的不确定性。此外，还需要一种更综合的方法，包括所有氢供应链阶段和项目利益相关者，