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Article

A Thorough Economic Evaluation by Implementing Solar/Wind Energies for Hydrogen Production: A Case Study

by
Mohammad Hossein Ahmadi
1,2,
Seyyed Shahabaddin Hosseini Dehshiri
3,
Seyyed Jalaladdin Hosseini Dehshiri
4,
Ali Mostafaeipour
1,2,5,
Khalid Almutairi
6,
Hoa Xuan Ao
7,
Mohammadhossein Rezaei
8 and
Kuaanan Techato
1,2,*
1
Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
2
Environmental Assessment and Technology for Hazardous Waste Management Research Center, Faculty of Environmental Management, Prince of Songkla University, Songkhla 90110, Thailand
3
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran 1458889694, Iran
4
Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran 1434863111, Iran
5
Industrial Engineering Department, Yazd University, Yazd 8915818411, Iran
6
Applied College, Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Hafr Al Batin, Hafr Al Batin 31991, Saudi Arabia
7
Faculty of Economics, Tay Nguyen University, Buon Ma Thuot City 630000, Vietnam
8
Mechanical Engineering Department, Yazd University, Yazd 8915818411, Iran
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Sustainability 2022, 14(3), 1177; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031177
Submission received: 17 December 2021 / Revised: 10 January 2022 / Accepted: 18 January 2022 / Published: 20 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Environmental Effects Assessment of Clean Energy Technologies and Sustainable Development)
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Abstract

A technical–economic assessment was carried out in this study to determine the possibilities for wind and solar power generation in Afghanistan’s Helmand province. The results showed that most of the province has a solar irradiance of over 400 W/m2, and also showed that wind and solar power generated in the province can be up to twice as cheap as the official price of renewable power in Afghanistan. The most suitable site for solar and hydrogen production was found to be Laškar Gāh, where solar and hydrogen can be produced at a cost of 0.066 $/kWh and 2.1496 $/kg-H2, respectively. In terms of wind power production and hydrogen production from wind, the most suitable site was Sangīn, where wind power and hydrogen could be produced at costs of 0.057 $/kWh and 1.4527 $/kg-H2, respectively. Despite the high potential of wind and solar energy in the Helmand province, the most suitable place in this region to produce hydrogen from wind/solar energy was evaluated from technical, economic, and environmental perspectives with the Multi-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) method. The Stepwise Weight Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) method was used for weighting criteria and the Weighted Aggregated Sum Product Assessment (WASPAS) method was used to prioritize locations. The results show that Sangīn is the most suitable place for the construction of a wind hydrogen power plant and Laškar Gāh is the most suitable place for the construction of a solar hydrogen power plant.
Keywords: renewable energy; techno-economical assessment; wind energy; solar energy; hydrogen production; multi-criteria decision-making renewable energy; techno-economical assessment; wind energy; solar energy; hydrogen production; multi-criteria decision-making

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Ahmadi, M.H.; Hosseini Dehshiri, S.S.; Hosseini Dehshiri, S.J.; Mostafaeipour, A.; Almutairi, K.; Ao, H.X.; Rezaei, M.; Techato, K. A Thorough Economic Evaluation by Implementing Solar/Wind Energies for Hydrogen Production: A Case Study. Sustainability 2022, 14, 1177. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031177

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Ahmadi MH, Hosseini Dehshiri SS, Hosseini Dehshiri SJ, Mostafaeipour A, Almutairi K, Ao HX, Rezaei M, Techato K. A Thorough Economic Evaluation by Implementing Solar/Wind Energies for Hydrogen Production: A Case Study. Sustainability. 2022; 14(3):1177. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031177

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Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein, Seyyed Shahabaddin Hosseini Dehshiri, Seyyed Jalaladdin Hosseini Dehshiri, Ali Mostafaeipour, Khalid Almutairi, Hoa Xuan Ao, Mohammadhossein Rezaei, and Kuaanan Techato. 2022. "A Thorough Economic Evaluation by Implementing Solar/Wind Energies for Hydrogen Production: A Case Study" Sustainability 14, no. 3: 1177. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031177

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Ahmadi, M. H., Hosseini Dehshiri, S. S., Hosseini Dehshiri, S. J., Mostafaeipour, A., Almutairi, K., Ao, H. X., Rezaei, M., & Techato, K. (2022). A Thorough Economic Evaluation by Implementing Solar/Wind Energies for Hydrogen Production: A Case Study. Sustainability, 14(3), 1177. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031177

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