Mapping Local Green Hydrogen Cost-Potentials by a Multidisciplinary Approach
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
Abstract
For fast-tracking climate change response, green hydrogen is key for achieving greenhouse gas neutral energy systems. Especially Sub-Saharan Africa can benefit from it enabling an increased access to clean energy through utilizing its beneficial conditions for renewable energies. However, developing green hydrogen strategies for Sub-Saharan Africa requires highly detailed and consistent information ranging from technical, environmental, economic, and social dimensions, which is currently lacking in literature. Therefore, this paper provides a comprehensive novel approach embedding the required range of disciplines to analyze green hydrogen cost-potentials in Sub-Saharan Africa. This approach stretches from a dedicated land eligibility based on local preferences, a location specific renewable energy simulation, locally derived sustainable groundwater limitations under climate change, an optimization of local hydrogen energy systems, and a socio-economic indicator-based impact analysis. The capability of the approach is shown for case study regions in Sub-Saharan Africa highlighting the need for a unified, interdisciplinary approach.
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Forschungszentrum Jülich · RWTH Aachen University
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
RWTH Aachen University , Chair for Fuel Cells , Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , 52062 Aachen , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3) , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Corporate Development, (UE) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich · RWTH Aachen University
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
RWTH Aachen University , Chair for Fuel Cells , Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , 52062 Aachen , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich · RWTH Aachen University
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
RWTH Aachen University , Chair for Fuel Cells , Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , 52062 Aachen , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3) , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3) , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Institute of Bio-and Geosciences: Agrosphere (IBG-3) , Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Corporate Development, (UE) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -System Analysis and Technology Evaluation (IEK-STE) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
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Forschungszentrum Jülich · RWTH Aachen University
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
RWTH Aachen University , School of Business and Economics , 52062 Aachen , Germany
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West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use
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West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) , Agostino Road , PMB CT 504 , Accra , Ghana
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Université Joseph Ki-Zerbo · West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use
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University Joseph KI-ZERBO , Ouagadougou , Burkina-Faso
West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) , Agostino Road , PMB CT 504 , Accra , Ghana
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West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use
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West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) , Agostino Road , PMB CT 504 , Accra , Ghana
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Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management
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Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) , 28 Robert Mugabe Avenue , Windhoek , Namibia
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Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management
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Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) , 28 Robert Mugabe Avenue , Windhoek , Namibia
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Machakos University , Machakos County , Kenya
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Forschungszentrum Jülich · RWTH Aachen University
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Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH , Institute of Energy and Climate Research -Jülich Systems Analysis ( IEK-3) , 52425 Jülich , Germany
RWTH Aachen University , Chair for Fuel Cells , Faculty of Mechanical Engineering , 52062 Aachen , Germany
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