In order to analyze the cost of different hydrogen production technology routes,this paper selected three hydro-gen production technologies,i.e.,hydrogen production from natural gas,from petroleum,and by electrocatalytic water splitting,and calculated the cost of these methods.Among them,the cost of natural gas hydrogen production is the low-est,and the cost of petroleum hydrogen production is the highest.The cost composition of three hydrogen production methods is analyzed,and it is concluded that the main part of the cost is raw materials/electricity in the three hydrogen production methods.The effects of raw material/electricity cost,equipment investment and carbon tax rate on hydrogen price are discussed.It is concluded that the impact of raw material/electricity costs on hydrogen prices is much greater than that of equipment investment and carbon tax rates.
hydrogen production from natural gashydrogen production from petroleumhydrogen production by electrocatalytic water splittingeconomic analysis