Production & Supply Chain
Competitiveness of Green and Yellow Hydrogen: A Project-level Analysis
Feb 2025
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With the growing global focus on hydrogen as a key solution for achieving decarbonization understanding the most cost-effective and environmentally sustainable production methods is crucial. The objective of this study is to evaluate the economic and environmental performance of different renewable energy sources for hydrogen production while also considering the impact of geographic location system sizing and technological efficiency. This s Read More
Synergistic Sizing and Energy Management Strategy of Combined Offshore Wind with Solar Floating PV System for Green Hydrogen and Electricity Co-Production Using Multi-Objective Dung Beetle Optimization
Feb 2025
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This study comprehensively analyzes an integrated renewable energy system complementing offshore wind turbines (OWT) and floating solar photovoltaic (FPV) technology designed for producing electric power and green hydrogen. The research explores the technical feasibility techno-economic performance and optimal sizing of the system components. The system integrates OWT farms FPV arrays water electrolyzer and hydrogen storage tank to mini Read More
Cleaner Energy Solutions using Wind Energy and Hydrogen Production in Agriculture
Feb 2025
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This study evaluates the integration of wind energy into greenhouse agriculture in the Safi region a major agricultural area in Morocco. As part of cleaner energy systems five wind turbines were analyzed to determine their performance. After performing a statistical analysis using the Weibull distribution with two parameters the results showed that the VESTAS V82- 0.9/1.65MW – 70m turbine was the most efficient. It achieved a capacity factor of 41.72 Read More
Dynamic Modelling of Methanol Steam Reforming to Hydrogen in a Packed Bed Reactor for Shipboard Fuel Cells
Feb 2025
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Hydrogen economy is spreading across the maritime sector in response to increasingly stringent regulations for shipping emissions. The challenging on-board hydrogen logistics are often mitigated with hydrogen carriers such as methanol. Research on methanol reforming to hydrogen for fuel cell feed is conducted mostly in steady state overlooking dynamic reactor operation and its effects on the power production system. Forced reactor operations induce fl Read More
Thermo-economic Optimization of a Hybrid Solar-wind Energy System for the Production of Clean Hydrogen and Electricity
Feb 2025
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With the increasing warming of the atmosphere and the growth of energy consumption in the world new methods and highly efficient energy systems take precedence over conventional methods. This study concentrates on the proposition and techno-economical investigation of a hybrid wind-solar energy system encompassing flat plate solar collector for the purpose of clean hydrogen and electricity generation. The proposed system is a combinatio Read More
Enhancing Hydrogen Gas Production in Electrolysis Cells with Ammonium Chloride and Solar PV Integration
Feb 2025
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In this study the electrolysis of water by using ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) as an electrolyte was investigated for the production of hydrogen gas. The assembled electrochemical cell consists mainly of twenty-one stainless-steel electrodes and a direct current from a battery ammonium chloride solution. In the electrolysis process hydrogen and oxygen are developed at the same time and collected as a mixture to be used as a fuel. This study explores Read More
Applications of Renewable Energies in Low-Temperature Regions: A Scientometric Analysis of Recent Advancements and Future Research Directions
Feb 2025
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This study presents a scientometric analysis of renewable energy applications in low-temperature regions focusing on green hydrogen production carbon storage and emerging trends. Using bibliometric tools such as RStudio and VOSviewer the research evaluates publication trends from 1988 to 2024 revealing an exponential growth in renewable energy studies post-2021 driven by global policies promoting carbon neutrality. Life cycle assessment (LCA) pl Read More
Designing a Photovoltaic–Wind Energy Mix with Energy Storage for Low-Emission Hydrogen Production
Feb 2025
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In the introduction to this article a brief overview of the generated energy and the power produced by the photovoltaic systems with a peak power of 3 MWp and different tilt and orientation of the photovoltaic panels is given. The characteristics of the latest systems generating energy by wind turbines with a capacity of 3.45 MW are also presented. In the subsequent stages of the research the necessity of balancing the energy in power networks power Read More
Seawater Membrane Distillation Coupled with Alkaline Water Electrolysis for Hydrogen Production: Parameter Influence and Techno-Economic Analysis
Feb 2025
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The production of green hydrogen requires renewable electricity and a supply of sustainable water. Due to global water scarcity using seawater to produce green hydrogen is particularly important in areas where freshwater resources are scarce. This study establishes a system model to simulate and optimize the integrated technology of seawater desalination by membrane distillation and hydrogen production by alkaline water electrolysis. Technical econo Read More
Climate Change Performance of Hydrogen Production based on Life Cycle Assessment
Dec 2023
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Hydrogen has the potential to revolutionize how we power our lives from transportation to energy production. This study aims to compare the climate change impacts and the main factors affecting them for different categories of hydrogen production including grey hydrogen (SMR) blue hydrogen (SMR-CCS) turquoise hydrogen (TDM) and green hydrogen (PEM electrolysis). Grey hydrogen blue hydrogen and turquoise hydrogen which are derived from f Read More
Control Strategy for Hydrogen Production System using HTO-based Hybrid Electrolyzers
Feb 2025
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Renewable energy-based water electrolysis for hydrogen production is an effective pathway to achieve green energy transition. However the intermittency and randomness of renewable energy pose numerous challenges to the safe and stable operation of hydrogen production systems with the wide power fluctuation adaptability and economic efficiency of electrolyzers being prominent issues. Hybrid electrolyzers combine the operational characterist Read More
Advancing Nickel-based Catalysts for Enhanced Hydrogen Production: Innovations in Electrolysis and Catalyst Design
Feb 2025
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Nickel-based catalysts recognized for their cost-efficiency and availability play a critical role in advancing hydrogen production technologies. This study evaluates their optimization in water electrolysis to improve efficiency and system stability. Key findings highlight the enhancement of these catalysts with nickel-iron oxyhydroxide and nickel-molybdenum co-catalysts. Technological innovations such as Perovskite Solar Cells integration for solar-to-hydr Read More
Non-Renewable and Renewable Exergy Costs of Water Electrolysis in Hydrogen Production
Mar 2025
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Hydrogen production via water electrolysis and renewable electricity is expected to play a pivotal role as an energy carrier in the energy transition. This fuel emerges as the most environmentally sustainable energy vector for non-electric applications and is devoid of CO2 emissions. However an electrolyzer´s infrastructure relies on scarce and energyintensive metals such as platinum palladium iridium (PGM) silicon rare earth elements and silver. Under Read More
A Multi-Optimization Method for Capacity Configuration of Hybrid Electrolyzer in a Stand-Alone Wind-Photovoltaic-Battery System
Mar 2025
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The coupling of renewable energy sources with electrolyzers under standalone conditions significantly enhances the operational efficiency and improves the costeffectiveness of electrolyzers as a technologically viable and sustainable solution for green hydrogen production. To address the configuration optimization challenge in hybrid electrolyzer systems integrating alkaline water electrolysis (AWE) and proton exchange membrane electrolysis (P Read More
Hybrid CSP-PV Combination to Enhance the Green Hydrogen Production in Morocco: Solar Technologies Evaluation and Techno-Economic Analysis
Mar 2025
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With the fast-growing implementation of renewable energy projects Morocco is positioned as a pioneer in green and sustainable development aiming to achieve 52% of its electricity production from renewable sources by 2030. This ambitious target faces challenges due to the intermittent nature of renewable energy which impacts grid stability. Hydrogen offers a promising solution but identifying the most cost-effective production configurations is critical Read More
Sustainable Hydrogen Production from Plastic Waste: Optimizing Pyrolysis for a Circular Economy
Mar 2025
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: Hydrogen is a clean non-polluting fuel and a key player in decarbonizing the energy sector. Interest in hydrogen production has grown due to climate change concerns and the need for sustainable alternatives. Despite advancements in waste-to-hydrogen technologies the efficient conversion of mixed plastic waste via an integrated thermochemical process remains insufficiently explored. This study introduces a novel multi-stage pyrolysis-reformi Read More
Comparative Techno-environmental Analysis of Grey, Blue, Green/Yellow and Pale-blue Hydrogen Production
Mar 2025
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Hydrogen holds immense potential to assist in the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources but its environmental impact depends on how it is produced. This study introduces the pale-blue hydrogen production method which is a hybrid approach utilizing both carbon capture and bioenergy inputs. Comparative life cycle analysis is shown for grey blue green and pale-blue hydrogen using cumulative energy demand carbon footprint (CF) and w Read More
Photocatalytic Water Splitting for Large-scale Solar-to-chemical Energy Conversion and Storage
Dec 2024
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Sunlight-driven water splitting allows renewable hydrogen to be produced from abundant and environmentally benign water. Large-scale societal implementation of this green fuel production technology within energy generation systems is essential for the establishment of sustainable future societies. Among various technologies photocatalytic water splitting using particulate semiconductors has attracted increasing attention as a method to pro Read More
The Bright Future of Solar-driven Hydrogen Production
Dec 2024
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Hydrogen production from sunlight using innovative photocatalytic and photoelectrochemical systems offers decentralized sustainable energy solutions with potential applications in remote off-grid locations.Photocatalytic hydrogen production has the potential to transform clean cooking by reducing dependency on wood and charcoal in low-resource settings addressing significant health and environmental challenges.Photocatalytic reactors could also be u Read More
Sorption-enhanced Steam Gasification of Biomass for H2-rich Gas Production and In-situ CO2 Capture by CaO-based Sorbents: A Critical Review
Feb 2023
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The sorption-enhanced steam gasification of biomass (SEBSG) is considered a prospective thermo-chemical technology for high-purity H2 production with in-situ CO2 capture. Fundamental concepts and operating conditions of SEBSG technology were summarized in this review. Considerable industrial demonstration units have been conducted on pilot scales for large-scale availability of the SEBSG process. The influence of process parameters su Read More
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