ECN: ACTS
The feasibility of hydrogen economy
Sustainable Hydrogen
The feasibility of the hydrogen economy as a function of developments in global energy markets and climate change policies
Objective
The objective of this project is to evaluate the performance of presently proposed hydrogen technology chains, including the stages of production, infrastructure and end-use, in a range of future worlds. The employed modelling methodology allows for analysing the impact of different trajectories of global price and availability of fossil fuels and the impact of varying levels of ambition regarding climate change control. Moreover, it enables studying the hydrogen technology performance improvements required to compete with alternative technology chains involving fuels and electricity that do not use hydrogen as main energy carrier.
Publications
Design of a European sustainable hydrogen model. Model structure and data sources
Rösler, H.; Bruggink, J.J.C.; Keppo, I.J., August 2011
Tools
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