U.S. Geographic Analysis of the Cost of Hydrogen from Electrolysis

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1033439· OSTI ID:1033439

Saur, Genevieve ^[1]; Ainscough, Chris ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

This report summarizes U.S. geographic analysis of the cost of hydrogen from electrolysis. Wind-based water electrolysis represents a viable path to renewably-produced hydrogen production. It might be used for hydrogen-based transportation fuels, energy storage to augment electricity grid services, or as a supplement for other industrial hydrogen uses. This analysis focuses on the levelized production costs of producing green hydrogen, rather than market prices which would require more extensive knowledge of an hourly or daily hydrogen market. However, the costs of hydrogen presented here do include a small profit from an internal rate of return on the system. This analysis builds upon a previous study which focused only on California, by expanding to a variety of sites and electricity markets across the country. The analysis deploys new tools such as an interactive web-based viewer to interpret the results. The previous paper focused only on sites in California and on one electricity market, California Independent System Operator (ISO).

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1033439
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP--5600-52640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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