The prospects of clean hydrogen utilization in power generation industry

Daido Fujita; Daido Fujita

doi:10.3934/energy.2023047

AIMS Energy

2023, Volume 11, Issue 5: 991-1011. doi: 10.3934/energy.2023047

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The prospects of clean hydrogen utilization in power generation industry

Daido Fujita ^,

Department of Advanced Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Kyushu University, Kasuga-koen 6-1, Kasuga-city, Fukuoka 816-8580, Japan

Received: 18 June 2023 Revised: 17 August 2023 Accepted: 27 September 2023 Published: 30 October 2023

Due to the commitment of carbon neutrality by 2050, all possible measures to be adopted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The purpose of power generation from clean hydrogen is towards achieving carbon-neutral ambitions and to hit the net zero target by 2050. Power generation from clean hydrogen is one of the solutions to substitute or minimize the use of natural gas and ensure energy security of the nation. This study mainly focuses on the quantitative and qualitative measures of potential renewable resources to produce the required hydrogen for power generation from combined cycle power plants, hydrogen storage, and material compatibility with hydrogen. PVsyst software is utilized to assess the potential of power generation from solar PV plants. Techno-economics assessments of co-generation (hydrogen 20% vol. + natural gas 80% vol.) with clean hydrogen produced from PEM electrolyzers are analyzed in this study. The novelty or highlight of this study is that it is feasible technically and economically to implement clean hydrogen utilization in power generation sectors to reduce green-house gas emission.
- PVsyst,
- renewable resources,
- clean hydrogen production,
- hydrogen storage,
- material compatibility with hydrogen,
- combined cycle power plant
Citation: Daido Fujita. The prospects of clean hydrogen utilization in power generation industry[J]. AIMS Energy, 2023, 11(5): 991-1011. doi: 10.3934/energy.2023047

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Abstract

Due to the commitment of carbon neutrality by 2050, all possible measures to be adopted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The purpose of power generation from clean hydrogen is towards achieving carbon-neutral ambitions and to hit the net zero target by 2050. Power generation from clean hydrogen is one of the solutions to substitute or minimize the use of natural gas and ensure energy security of the nation. This study mainly focuses on the quantitative and qualitative measures of potential renewable resources to produce the required hydrogen for power generation from combined cycle power plants, hydrogen storage, and material compatibility with hydrogen. PVsyst software is utilized to assess the potential of power generation from solar PV plants. Techno-economics assessments of co-generation (hydrogen 20% vol. + natural gas 80% vol.) with clean hydrogen produced from PEM electrolyzers are analyzed in this study. The novelty or highlight of this study is that it is feasible technically and economically to implement clean hydrogen utilization in power generation sectors to reduce green-house gas emission.

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