Techno-economic assessment of low-carbon hydrogen exports from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific, and Europe
Author | Sleiti, Ahmad K. |
Author | Al-Ammari, Wahib A. |
Author | Musharavati, Farayi |
Author | Azizur Rahman, Mohammad |
Available date | 2024-02-11T10:18:52Z |
Publication Date | 2023-09-07 |
Publication Name | Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy |
Identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15567249.2023.2254764 |
Citation | Sleiti, A. K., Al-Ammari, W. A., Musharavati, F., & Azizur Rahman, M. (2023). Techno-economic assessment of low-carbon hydrogen exports from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific, and Europe. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, 18(1), 2254764. |
ISSN | 1556-7249 |
Abstract | Hydrogen has the potential to play a major role in the global energy mix in the future and to achieve carbon-neutral targets by 2050. However, there is a lack of studies that investigate the economic feasibility of blue-hydrogen export from natural gas exporting countries, especially from the Middle East. Therefore, this study presents a techno-economic assessment of hydrogen production and transportation from the Middle East to Asia-Pacific and European countries. Two different pathways were assessed; liquefied hydrogen (LH2) and ammonia (NH3) starting from hydrogen production (from natural gas with carbon capture) to the distribution stage. Additionally, the effectiveness of the proposed-optimistic improvements for LH2-pathway is presented. Results show that based on current hydrogen liquefaction/storage technologies, the overall levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) for LH2-pathway (5.17$/kg-H2) is higher than NH3-pathway (4.76$/kg-H2) by 8.61% at 600 tons/day and 14,000 km shipping distance. Furthermore, the LCOH of the improved LH2 pathway (4.46$/kg-H2) is still higher than of the improved NH3 pathway (4.03$/kg-H2) by 10.7%. This implies that the overseas transportation of hydrogen as ammonia is more economically feasible than of the LH2 option. |
Sponsor | The work was supported by the Qatar National Research Fund [NPRP-S grant # [11S-1231-170155]]. The work presented in this publication was made possible by NPRP-S grant # [11S-1231-170155] from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation) and jointly supported by International Research Collaboration Co Fund Grant [IRCC-2019-012], Qatar University and Texas A&M University at Qatar. Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library. |
Language | en |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Subject | blue hydrogen CO intensity 2 Hydrogen and ammonia pathways levelized cost of hydrogen low-carbon hydrogen |
Type | Article |
Issue Number | 1 |
Volume Number | 18 |
ESSN | 1556-7257 |
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