2020/08/12 by Nils Tenhumberg, Karsten Büker
Energy · Environmental Science · Materials Science · #Energy and Environment Impacts #Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems #Hydrogen Storage and Materials
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/cite.202000090
openalex publication_date 2020/08/12 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/25
Abstract The economic and ecological production of green hydrogen by water electrolysis is one of the major challenges within Carbon2Chem® and other power‐to‐X projects. This paper presents an evaluation of the different water electrolysis technologies with respect to their specific energy demand, carbon footprint and the forecast production costs in 2030. From a current perspective alkaline water electrolysis is evaluated as the most favorable technology for the cost‐effective production of low‐carbon hydrogen with fluctuating renewables.