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A flexible techno-economic analysis tool for regional hydrogen hubs – A case study for Ireland
The increasing urgency with which climate change must be addressed has led to an unprecedented level of interest in hydrogen as a clean energy carrier. Much of the analysis of hydrogen until this point has focused predominantly on hydrogen production. This paper aims to address this by developing a flexible techno-economic analysis (TEA) tool that can be used to evaluate the potential of future scenarios where hydrogen is produced, stored, and distributed within a region. The tool takes a full year of hourly data for renewables availability and dispatch down (the sum of curtailment and constraint), wholesale electricity market prices, and hydrogen demand, as well as other user-defined inputs, and sizes electrolyser capacity in order to minimise cost.
- Authors
Cian Moran, Eoghan Moylan, Jack Reardon, Tubagus Aryandi Gunawan, Paul Deane, Sajjad Yousefian, Rory F.D.
- Year
- 2023
- Journal Name
- International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
- Category
- Journal Article
- Keywords
- Hydrogen, Ireland, Techno-economic Analysis
- Full Citation
Cian Moran, Eoghan Moylan, Jack Reardon, Tubagus Aryandi Gunawan, Paul Deane, Sajjad Yousefian, Rory F.D. Monaghan,
A flexible techno-economic analysis tool for regional hydrogen hubs – A case study for Ireland,
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy,
Volume 48, Issue 74,
2023,
Pages 28649-28667,
ISSN 0360-3199,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.04.100.- Link to Publication
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319923018359
Abstract
The model is applied to a number of case studies on the island of Ireland, which includes Ireland and Northern Ireland. For the scenarios analysed, the overall LCOH ranges from €2.75–3.95/kgH2. Higher costs for scenarios without access to geological storage indicate the importance of cost-effective storage to allow flexible hydrogen production to reduce electricity costs whilst consistently meeting a set demand.