Renewable Energy Sources for Green Hydrogen Generation in Colombia and Applicable Case of Studies

Juan José Patiño, Carlos Velásquez, Edwin Ramirez, Rafael Betancur, Juan Felipe Montoya, Edwin Chica, Pablo Romero-Gómez, Arunachala Mada Kannan, Daniel Ramírez, Pedro Eusse and Franklin Jaramillo ()
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Juan José Patiño: Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales—CIDEMAT, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín 050010, Colombia
Carlos Velásquez: Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales—CIDEMAT, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín 050010, Colombia
Edwin Ramirez: Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales—CIDEMAT, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín 050010, Colombia
Rafael Betancur: Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales—CIDEMAT, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín 050010, Colombia
Juan Felipe Montoya: Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales—CIDEMAT, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín 050010, Colombia
Edwin Chica: Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales—CIDEMAT, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín 050010, Colombia
Pablo Romero-Gómez: Department of Applied Physics I, University of Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain
Arunachala Mada Kannan: The Polytechnic School, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering, Arizona State University, Mesa, AZ 85212, USA
Daniel Ramírez: Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales—CIDEMAT, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín 050010, Colombia
Pedro Eusse: Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), Medellín 050012, Colombia
Franklin Jaramillo: Centro de Investigación, Innovación y Desarrollo de Materiales—CIDEMAT, Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA), Calle 70 No. 52-21, Medellín 050010, Colombia

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 23, 1-21

Abstract: Electrification using renewable energy sources represents a clear path toward solving the current global energy crisis. In Colombia, this challenge also involves the diversification of the electrical energy sources to overcome the historical dependence on hydropower. In this context, green hydrogen represents a key energy carrier enabling the storage of renewable energy as well as directly powering industrial and transportation sectors. This work explores the realistic potential of the main renewable energy sources, including solar photovoltaics (8172 GW), hydropower (56 GW), wind (68 GW), and biomass (14 GW). In addition, a case study from abroad is presented, demonstrating the feasibility of using each type of renewable energy to generate green hydrogen in the country. At the end, an analysis of the most likely regions in the country and paths to deploy green hydrogen projects are presented, favoring hydropower in the short term and solar in the long run. By 2050, this energy potential will enable reaching a levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) of 1.7, 1.5, 3.1 and 1.4 USD/kg-H 2 for solar photovoltaic, wind, hydropower and biomass, respectively.

Keywords: green hydrogen generation; renewable energy potential; LCOH; hydropower; solar; wind; biomass (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: 2023
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