Long-term optimization of the hydrogen-electricity nexus in France

Behrang Shirizadeh () and Philippe Quirion
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Behrang Shirizadeh: CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École nationale des ponts et chaussées - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

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Abstract: We model the optimal hydrogen and electricity production and storage mix for France by 2050. We provide a central scenario and study its sensitivity to the cost of electrolyzers, the hydrogen demand and the renewable energy deployment potential. The share of electrolysis vs. methane reforming with CO 2 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 and hydrogen and electricity production costs are much less sensitive to these scenarios, thanks to the wide nearoptimal feasible space of the solutions. The electricity production mix is almost fully renewable in the central scenario, while nuclear has a significant role only if the wind & solar potential limits their deployment, or if blue hydrogen is not authorized.

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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Published in Energy Policy, 2023, 181, pp.113702. ⟨10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113702⟩

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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2023.113702

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