Solar PV and Wind Powered Green Hydrogen Production Cost for Selected Locations

Gour Chand Mazumder, Abu Shahadat Md. Ibrahim, Md. Habibur Rahman, Saiful Huque

Abstract


This paper presents the production cost of green hydrogen using wind-solar hybrid models of hydrogen production via electrolysis. The selected sites are situated in Dhaka, over 100 meters height. Homer Energy software, and the Life Cycle Cost method is used for cost analysis. The lifetime of project is 25 years, with a discount rate of 5%. Annually 4225 kWh of electricity is required for 128520 kg of hydrogen production. The electricity cost ranges between 0.34$ and 5.16$. Four prospective system configurations are found with different production costs. The wind-solar-battery or wind-solar model could become a suitable solution considering available space for installation. For site1, the hydrogen production cost is about 0.08$ for the wind-solar-battery model. The electricity cost is about 0.44$. All configurations are viable for the site2, being the tallest one. The highest production cost is found 0.16$ for Site2. At site2, the production cost is about 0.08$ for wind-solar-battery configuration. The production cost is similar for site3 and site4. Production cost is higher for the Solar and Wind co-generation model. Around 80 turbines are required for solar-wind co-generation. The production cost is around 0.15$. Only two cases are found for only wind-powered hydrogen production, but the higher number of turbines makes this solution difficult to establish. The production cost is around 0.15$ for only wind solutions. The production cost is found comparatively lower than the international market. The model and analysis may contribute to designing, assess and implementing similar projects in Bangladesh to start the green hydrogen economy.

Keywords


Green Hydrogen; HOMER Energy; Life Cycle Cost; Solar-Wind; Water Electrolysis.

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