Green hydrogen as feedstock: Financial analysis of a photovoltaic-powered electrolysis plant |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dhofar University, Salalah, Oman;2. Department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, Dhofar University, Salalah, Oman;3. Laboratoire de Génie Mécanique, Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Monastir, Université de Monastir, Tunisie;4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering Dhofar University Salalah, Oman;5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, AlKharj, Saudi Arabia;1. School of Greater Bay Area Film and Television Industry, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, China;2. Skyline University College, United Arab Emirates;3. Department of Economics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur Pakistan, Pakistan;4. Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Associated Medical Sciences, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand;5. College of Economics and Management, Yanshan University, China;6. School of Accounting and Finance, Faculty of Business and Law, Taylor''s University Malaysia, Malaysia;1. ENIM, Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Moulay Ismail, Boutalamine BP 509, 52000, Errachidia, Morocco;2. Materials Science, New Energies & Application Research Group, LPTPME Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University Mohammed First, Oujda, Morocco;3. Research Institute for Solar Energy and New Energies (IRESEN), Green Energy Park, Ben Guerir, Morocco;1. German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Solar Research, Linder Hoehe, 51147, Köln, Germany;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering, Valparaiso University, 1900 Chapel Dr, Valpariso, IN, 46383, USA;3. Faculty of Mechanical Science and Engineering, Institute of Power Engineering, Professorship of Solar Fuel Production, TU Dresden, 01062, Dresden, Germany;1. State University of New York, Flint Entrance, Amherst, NY, 14260, Buffalo, USA;2. Department of Chemistry, College of Sciences, Taibah University, Al-Medina Al-Munawara, 41477, Saudi Arabia;3. Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, (Central University), New Delhi, India |
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| Abstract: | The weather-dependent electricity generation from Renewable Energy Sources (RES), such as solar and wind power, entails that systems for energy storage are becoming progressively more important. Among the different solutions that are being explored, hydrogen is currently considered as a key technology allowing future long-term and large-scale storage of renewable power.Today, hydrogen is mainly produced from fossil fuels, and steam methane reforming (SMR) is the most common route for producing it from natural gas. None of the conventional methods used is GHG-free. The Power-to-Gas concept, based on water electrolysis using electricity coming from renewable sources is the most environmentally clean approach. Given its multiple uses, hydrogen is sold both as a fuel, which can produce electricity through fuel cells, and as a feedstock in several industrial processes. Just the feedstock could be, in the short term, the main market of RES-based hydrogen.In this paper, we present the results obtained from a techno-economic-financial evaluation of a system to produce green hydrogen to be sold as a feedstock for industries and research centres. A system which includes a 200 kW photovoltaic plant and a 180 kW electrolyser, to be located in Messina (Italy), is proposed as a case study. According to the analyses carried out, and taking into account the current development of technologies, it has been found that investment to realise a small-scale PV-based hydrogen production plant can be remunerative. |
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| Keywords: | Hydrogen Oxygen Feedstock PV-powered electrolysis Renewable energy sources (RES) Financial analysis |
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