What merit order for hydrogen development? Prospective observations from the French context

Patrice Geoffron and Olivier Appert
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Patrice Geoffron: LEDa - Laboratoire d'Economie de Dauphine - IRD - Institut de Recherche pour le Développement - Université Paris Dauphine-PSL - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: This article is devoted to an analysis of the prospects for the development of hydrogen uses, from a decarbonisation perspective. Based on a comparison of lowcarbon hydrogen production technologies (from renewables, nuclear, CCS) and their prospective costs, a "merit order" in the uses is determined, leading to prioritise substitution in heavy industry first, then in heavy transport. We also draw attention to the safety of hydrogen uses, whose explosiveness calls for the greatest vigilance, at the risk, otherwise, of hindering the deployment of hydrogen uses

Keywords: Hydrogen; Production costs; Technologies; Uses; Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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Published in Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment, 2021, LXIII (2)

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