Economic Analysis of Hydrogen Production from Electrolytic Water Considering Carbon Emissions

Abstract

Hydrogen production from electrolytic water can realize the absorption of new energy, and hydrogen production from new energy electricity has no direct carbon emissions, but the electricity production process will produce different degrees of indirect carbon emissions to hydrogen production from electrolytic water according to different power generation sources. Therefore, this paper takes the carbon price into account in the cost of hydrogen production from electric water, and analyzes the levelized cost of hydrogen production from electrolytic water under different power sources, It is concluded that the total cost of hydrogen production in the low valley electricity electrolysis water hydrogen production process is most sensitive to the carbon price, and the cost of hydrogen production under each power source increases with the carbon price, and gradually slows down.