2017, Volume 20, Issue 2
The environmental impact of renewable hydrogen for energy storage and mobility applications
1 National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies - ICSI Rm. Valcea, Uzinei Street no. 4, PO Box Râureni 7, 240050, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania
2 University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania
*Corresponding author: Mihai Balan, E-mail: mihai.balan@icsi.ro, phone: 0250 732744; Fax: 0250 732746
Published: 2017
Abstract
Energy storage technologies are regarded as key components of the ongoing energy transition towards decarbonization and lower GHG emissions. A simplified LCA is performed in order to determine the environmental impact of renewable hydrogen for energy storage and mobility applications in two impact categories: global warming potential (GWP) and cumulative energy demand (CED) and compare it to the reference hydrogen production scenario which is steam reforming. The results clearly indicate that renewable hydrogen is a more sustainable option, while underlying the importance of the energy mix used in the compression stage.
Keywords
renewable hydrogen, LCA, energy storage, mobility
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