Towards Sustainable Transport: Techno-Economic Analysis of Investing in Hydrogen Buses in Public Transport in the Selected City of Poland

Kinga Stecuła (), Piotr Olczak, Paweł Kamiński, Dominika Matuszewska and Hai Duong Duc
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Kinga Stecuła: Faculty of Organization and Management, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 2A, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Piotr Olczak: Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Wybickiego Street 7A, 31-261 Cracow, Poland
Paweł Kamiński: KOMAG Institute of Mining Technology, Gliwice, Pszczyńska Street 37, 44-101 Gliwice, Poland
Dominika Matuszewska: Faculty of Energy and Fuels, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30 Mickiewicza Ave., 30-059 Cracow, Poland
Hai Duong Duc: Institute of Mining Science and Technology (IMSAT), No. 3 Phan Dinh Giot Street, Hanoi 100000, Vietnam

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 24, 1-14

Abstract: The production, storage, and use of hydrogen for energy purposes will become increasingly important during the energy transition. One way to use hydrogen is to apply it to power vehicles. This green technological solution affects low-emissions transport, which is beneficial and important, especially in cities. The authors of this article analyzed the use of hydrogen production infrastructure for bus propulsion in the city of Katowice (Poland). The methods, used in the study, included a greedy algorithm and cost methods, which were applied for the selection of vehicles and identification of the infrastructure for the production, storage and refueling of hydrogen, as well as to conduct the economic analysis during this term. The article presented the complexity of the techno-economic analysis of the infrastructure and its installation. The key element was the selection of the number of vehicles to the hydrogen production possibilities of an electrolyser and capabilities of the storage and charging infrastructure.

Keywords: hydrogen; hydrogen buses; public transport; renewable energy; electrolyzers; Poland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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