Cost of a potential hydrogen-refueling network for heavy-duty vehicles with long-haul application in Germany 2050

Date Published
10/2021
Publication Type
Journal Article
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DOI
10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.08.088
Abstract

Long-distance road-freight transport emits a large share of Germany's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A potential solution for reducing GHG emissions in this sector is to use green hydrogen in fuel cell electric vehicles (FC-HDV) and establish an accompanying hydrogen refueling station (HRS) network. In this paper, we apply an existing refueling network design model to a HDV-HRS network for Germany until 2050 based on German traffic data for heavy-duty trucks and estimate its costs. Comparing different fuel supply scenarios (pipeline vs. on-site), The on-site scenario results show a network consisting of 137 stations at a cost of 8.38 billion € per year in 2050 (0.40 € per vehicle km), while the centralized scenario with the same amount of stations shows a cheaper cost with 7.25 billion euros per year (0.35 € per vehicle km). The hydrogen cost (LCOH) varies from 5.59 €/kg (pipeline) to 6.47 €/kg (on-site) in 2050.

Journal
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume
46
Year of Publication
2021
Issue
71
Pagination
35459 - 35478
ISSN Number
03603199
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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
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