Cost of delivering hydrogen from production to various end use applications
Hydrogen is a versatile energy carrier that can be produced from various feedstock sources and can serve diverse applications in the transportation and industrial sectors. While the current cost of producing hydrogen in the United States from natural gas reforming is near $1/kg, the cost of delivering hydrogen to end use applications, including packaging, storing, and transportation, can add $1-15/kg, depending on the scale of delivered hydrogen, method of packaging (e.g., compression, liquefaction, conversion to other energy carriers), transportation mode, transportation distance, type of storage, etc. This presentation presents the cost associated with various hydrogen delivery options as a function of these variables, including pipeline delivery, liquefaction and liquid hydrogen transport, compression and tube-trailer delivery, conversion to other energy carriers (e.g., ammonia) for ocean tanker transport, above and below ground storage, and various fueling options for mobility applications.