Availability, versatility, and viability of feedstocks for hydrogen production: Product space perspective

Muhammad Abdul Qyyum, Rofice Dickson, Syed Fahad Ali Shah, Haider Niaz, Amin Khan, J. Jay Liu and Moonyong Lee

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021, vol. 145, issue C

Abstract: Hydrogen is considered a potential game changer for world energy systems and a solution to climate change concerns, as it generates zero waste and it is suited for power generation and transportation. Despite its several advantages, there are significant technical challenges in deploying a stable hydrogen economy including improving its process efficiencies, lowering production costs, maintaining cost-effective transmission and distribution, and exploiting inexpensive and sustainable feedstocks. In this context, a detailed study was conducted to analyze the production sources, technologies, storage and transport systems, and global potential exportable feedstocks to produce hydrogen. A comprehensive analysis of current hydrogen production technologies with their energy efficiencies and hydrogen selling prices was reported in this study. Various hydrogen production technologies with their capital investments and CO2 emissions were also presented. Potential feedstocks for hydrogen production were identified and analyzed through a product space model, which characterizes a network of global exportable products based on their similarities and productive knowledge. It was established that the hydrogen production feedstocks and sources currently used are primarily available in six countries: the United States of America, France, Russia, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Spain. Broadly, the results revealed that the United States of America and Russia shared the highest hydrogen feedstock exports, indicating a higher probability of hydrogen production in these countries. Except for Russia, all the studied countries fell in the most desired quadrant, indicating that they can move in all product space directions to exploit unexplored hydrogen feedstocks for better sustainable economic growth.

Keywords: Hydrogen economy; Hydrogen resources; Hydrogen production technologies; Product space model; Export diversification; Process economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2021.110843

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