An integrated framework of open-source tools for designing and evaluating green hydrogen production opportunities – Paper.
Extensive scaling of green hydrogen to meet net-zero targets would need the integration of suitable resources, high renewable energy potential and achievement of supporting techno- conomic parameters to establish viable hydrogen projects.
Herein, we propose a comprehensive four-tier framework based on specially designed open-source tools that build upon existing knowledge by providing (i) zoning filters to identify potential green hydrogen hubs, (ii) Multi-Criteria Analysis to compare and rank the selected sites, (iii) a production cost tool that allows analysis of 24 different electrolyzer – powerplant design scenarios and (iv) a python based algorithm that establishes the capacity mixes of electrolyzer, powerplant and battery…