Suchergebnisse

Becoming a carbon neutral continent is one of the main political priorities of the European Commission. The Commission is currently spending a lot of attention in establishing the set of required legislations, known as the Fit for 55 package, to move towards the in-between goal of 55% emission reduction compared to 1990 in 2030. Similar intentions are made by the Dutch government, that initially aimed for 49% emission reduction in 2030, but the new government decided to target with its policies to achieve 60%. Many studies showed the need for green molecules to fulfil the energy and material demands in a sustainable manner. Hydrogen, renewable and/or low carbon, is foreseen as one of the important carriers to fulfil this transition. In this study, levelized costs of potential hydrogen value chains, divided by five types of end-uses are modelled in the Dutch context in a systematic way. The study gives detailed insights in the foreseen 2030 cost breakdowns and compares the costs with the existing, and foreseen sustainable alternatives to give insights in their potentials and drawbacks. Broad attention is paid to the most impactful parameters that are uncertain, in order identify their sensitivities on the results. As in every modelling study, the quantitative results should be evaluated with sharp notice on the assumptions used, to fully understand them and to gather the correct insights. Related to the main aims of this study, specific attention is paid to the following aspects: to obtain insights in the most critical costs and determinants for acceptable business cases, to identify the impact of different hydrogen sources (domestic green, domestic blue or import) and to analyse the relations between the different value chains. Based on the results and analysis performed in this report, we conclude the following key insights related to different parts of the value chain: Hydrogen production. There is a high uncertainty range in the dominant cost factors that will determine what source of hydrogen will become ...