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TY - JOUR
T1 - Power to hydrogen
T2 - A geospatial and economic analysis of green hydrogen for UK high-heat industry
AU - De Castro, G.
AU - Chooyin, J.
AU - Culhane, C.
AU - Piracha, H.
AU - Seaton, J.
AU - Bagnato, G.
PY - 2025/5/6
Y1 - 2025/5/6
N2 - This work analyses the economic feasibility of the core parts of a Power-to-Hydrogen system and provides a rigorous rational and methodology for sizing the facility by minimizing the Levelized cost of Hydrogen (LCOH) as a primary aim and reducing the carbon intensity of the hydrogen produced as a secondary aim. The study started with an in-depth study into the literature in the surrounding topic areas. The scaled hydrogen demand profile for high heat industry is synthetically produced allowing for a reasonably sized facility across regions of the UK. Monthly resolution of wind and solar data from each chosen location is fed into the optimization model, yielding a LCOH between 3.76 £/kg to 4.87 £/kg. The lowest LCOH is in regions with high quality wind and solar availability, and storage in the range of 40–96 h of average demand. All locations achieved the EU standard for green hydrogen and are tolerant to increases in grid Electricity prices. Further research would benefit from higher resolution renewable resource data, carbon pricing.
AB - This work analyses the economic feasibility of the core parts of a Power-to-Hydrogen system and provides a rigorous rational and methodology for sizing the facility by minimizing the Levelized cost of Hydrogen (LCOH) as a primary aim and reducing the carbon intensity of the hydrogen produced as a secondary aim. The study started with an in-depth study into the literature in the surrounding topic areas. The scaled hydrogen demand profile for high heat industry is synthetically produced allowing for a reasonably sized facility across regions of the UK. Monthly resolution of wind and solar data from each chosen location is fed into the optimization model, yielding a LCOH between 3.76 £/kg to 4.87 £/kg. The lowest LCOH is in regions with high quality wind and solar availability, and storage in the range of 40–96 h of average demand. All locations achieved the EU standard for green hydrogen and are tolerant to increases in grid Electricity prices. Further research would benefit from higher resolution renewable resource data, carbon pricing.
U2 - 10.1016/j.fuproc.2025.108221
DO - 10.1016/j.fuproc.2025.108221
M3 - Journal article
VL - 273
JO - Fuel Processing Technology
JF - Fuel Processing Technology
SN - 0378-3820
M1 - 108221
ER -