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Test hydrogen economics at the plant boundary
Electrolyser electricity use is only part of delivered hydrogen cost. Utilisation, compression, water, storage, transport and financing matter. Product and electricity origin claims require the current certification rules and defined emissions boundaries.
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Working relationship
Electricity cost ($/kg) = kWh/kg × $/MWh ÷ 1,000
What to keep separate
A renewable contract alone is not proof that every applicable product certification requirement is met.
Your task
Compare a low-price intermittent supply strategy with higher utilisation and show the capex recovery trade-off.
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Key terms in plain English
- Current
- Flow of electric charge, measured in amperes. In the circuit context it is different from the amount of energy used over a period.
- MWh
- Megawatt-hour: a quantity of energy. A steady 1 MW for one hour delivers 1 MWh.