Publication detail

Revisiting competitiveness of hydrogen and algae biodiesel

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

Original Title

Revisiting competitiveness of hydrogen and algae biodiesel

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

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.

Keywords

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

Authors

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

Released

4. 9. 2022

ISBN

0016-2361

Periodical

FUEL

Year of study

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"
}