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Revisiting competitiveness of hydrogen and algae biodiesel

MAROUŠEK, J.; STRUNECKÝ, O.; BARTOŠ, V.; VOCHOZKA, M.

Original Title

Revisiting competitiveness of hydrogen and algae biodiesel

English Title

Revisiting competitiveness of hydrogen and algae biodiesel

Type

WoS Article

Original Abstract

There is a shared belief across latest literature that hydrogen and algae biodiesel are promising substitutes for fossil fuels. However, hydrogen infrastructure for everyday mobility is still in its early stage from a global perspective and there is no algae biodiesel refinery in operation. Despite all this, recent geopolitical developments have caused a tipping point to be reached in the EU and hydrogen mobility has become cheaper (7€/100 km) than conventional fossil fuels (15.6 €/100 km) for the first time. In many other countries the breaking point is also approaching and recent methods in waste refining could make hydrogen production even cheaper (5.4 €/100 km). Switching to algae biodiesel is less technically challenging for the industry. Nevertheless, technological barriers in scaling up commercial-scale algae production make the hypothetical price of algae biodiesel far from price-competitive (292 €/100 km). At the present state of knowledge it is recommended to refine algae for non-energy purposes.

English abstract

There is a shared belief across latest literature that hydrogen and algae biodiesel are promising substitutes for fossil fuels. However, hydrogen infrastructure for everyday mobility is still in its early stage from a global perspective and there is no algae biodiesel refinery in operation. Despite all this, recent geopolitical developments have caused a tipping point to be reached in the EU and hydrogen mobility has become cheaper (7€/100 km) than conventional fossil fuels (15.6 €/100 km) for the first time. In many other countries the breaking point is also approaching and recent methods in waste refining could make hydrogen production even cheaper (5.4 €/100 km). Switching to algae biodiesel is less technically challenging for the industry. Nevertheless, technological barriers in scaling up commercial-scale algae production make the hypothetical price of algae biodiesel far from price-competitive (292 €/100 km). At the present state of knowledge it is recommended to refine algae for non-energy purposes.

Keywords

Circular economy; Production cost; Hydrogen; Algae biodiesel; Bioeconomy

Key words in English

Circular economy; Production cost; Hydrogen; Algae biodiesel; Bioeconomy

Authors

MAROUŠEK, J.; STRUNECKÝ, O.; BARTOŠ, V.; VOCHOZKA, M.

RIV year

2023

Released

04.09.2022

ISBN

0016-2361

Periodical

Fuel

Volume

328

Number

listopad

State

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Pages count

8

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236122021524

BibTex

@article{BUT179023,
  author="Josef {Maroušek} and Otakar {Strunecký} and Vojtěch {Bartoš} and Marek {Vochozka}",
  title="Revisiting competitiveness of hydrogen and algae biodiesel",
  journal="Fuel",
  year="2022",
  volume="328",
  number="listopad",
  pages="8",
  doi="10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125317",
  issn="0016-2361",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236122021524"
}