Chapter 10 - Power to gas (H2): alkaline electrolysis

Subramani Krishnan; Matthew Fairlie; Philipp Andres; Thijs de Groot; Gert Jan Kramer

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-818762-3.00010-8

Chapter 10 - Power to gas (H2): alkaline electrolysis

Subramani Krishnan
, Matthew Fairlie
, Philipp Andres
, Thijs de Groot
, Gert Jan Kramer

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Alkaline electrolysis as an industrial process has been around since the advent of commercial power at the beginning of the 20th century with most large-scale plants (up to 165MW) built between the 1920s and 1980s in response to hydrogen demand for the ammonia industry. With the emergence of cheap hydrogen from steam methane reforming from the late 1980s, the production of small-scale plants (around 1MW) dominated the electrolysis market. But in recent years, plant scale has increased (10MW with few at 100MW) compared to scale in the 1990s in response to increased demand for green hydrogen and moving away from hydrogen production from fossil fuels. This chapter addresses the learning rate of alkaline electrolysis systems from the period 1956–2016, issues with generating experience curves for the system as a whole as opposed to on a component basis, associated cost reduction drivers, and the future outlook of the alkaline electrolysis market until 2030.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Technological Learning in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy System
Subtitle of host publication	Conceptual Issues, Empirical Findings, and Use in Energy Modeling
Editors	Martin Junginger, Atse Louwen
Publisher	Academic Press
Chapter	10
Pages	165-187
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-12-818762-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818762-3.00010-8
Publication status	Published - 2020

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Keywords

Alkaline electrolysis (AE) systems/stacks
polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolysis
ambient and pressurized systems
cell efficiency
current density
monopolar and bipolar cells
multistacking

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Krishnan, S., Fairlie, M., Andres, P., de Groot, T., & Jan Kramer, G. (2020). Chapter 10 - Power to gas (H2): alkaline electrolysis. In M. Junginger, & A. Louwen (Eds.), Technological Learning in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy System: Conceptual Issues, Empirical Findings, and Use in Energy Modeling (pp. 165-187). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818762-3.00010-8

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Chapter 10 - Power to gas (H2): alkaline electrolysis. / Krishnan, Subramani; Fairlie, Matthew; Andres, Philipp et al.
Technological Learning in the Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy System: Conceptual Issues, Empirical Findings, and Use in Energy Modeling. ed. / Martin Junginger; Atse Louwen. Academic Press, 2020. p. 165-187.

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