Green Hydrogen Economics and Planning towards Carbon Neutrality

Dear Colleagues,

Due to the issues of climate change and environmental pollution, the development of clean and low-carbon energy has become the trend for global energy transition. Hydrogen energy is a type of efficient, clean and low-carbon secondary energy, and is regarded as one of the most potential energy sources in the 21st century. Many countries have attached great importance to the development of the hydrogen energy industry and raised it to the level of national energy strategy. Currently, hydrogen energy is categorized according to different colors depending on the intensity of carbon emissions in the production process. Hydrogen produced by dedicated electricity from renewable energy sources, known as green hydrogen, is a leading pathway to achieve carbon neutrality. Green hydrogen will play an essential role in the deep decarbonization of key sectors such as industry, heat, power and transportation. However, green hydrogen is currently unable to take off due to its high cost and imperfect top-level planning. The existing literature has not solved these problems well. Hence, it is necessary to study the economics and planning of the green hydrogen system. This Special Issue is devoted to the cutting-edge explorations on the economics and planning of green hydrogen. We welcome full-length articles and review articles including, but not limited to, the following topics:

• Levelized cost of green hydrogen;
• Techno-economic planning of the green hydrogen system;
• Capacity planning of hydrogen energy storage;
• Coupling of electricity market, carbon market and hydrogen market;
• Planning of sustainable hydrogen infrastructure and fuel cell vehicles;
• Carbon reduction potential from green hydrogen application;
• Policy management of green hydrogen development;
• Blueprint for the development of green hydrogen.

Dr. Chuanbo Xu
Prof. Dr. Jin Lin
Dr. Yiming Ke
Dr. Jiarong Li
Guest Editors

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