Long-term optimization of the hydrogen-electricity nexus in France: Green, blue, or pink hydrogen?

Behrang Shirizadeh and Philippe Quirion

Energy Policy, 2023, vol. 181, issue C

Abstract: We model the optimal hydrogen and electricity production and storage mix for France by 2050. Moreover, an iterative calculation method to represent electrolyzer lifetime based on functioning hours in linear programming is developed. We provide a central scenario and study its sensitivity to the cost of electrolyzers, to hydrogen demand and to renewable energy deployment potential. The proportion of electrolysis to methane reforming with CO2 capture and storage in hydrogen production is sensitive to the cost of electrolyzers, with the former providing around 60% in the central scenario. However, the system cost as well as the hydrogen and electricity production costs are much more robust, thanks to the wide feasible near-optimal solutions spectrum.

Keywords: Power system modelling; Electricity markets; Low-carbon hydrogen; Levelized cost of hydrogen; Green hydrogen; Blue hydrogen; Large-scale renewable integration; Renewable energies; Prospective planning; Optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113702

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