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Technical and Economic Feasibility Analysis of Underground Hydrogen Storage: A Case Study in Intermountain-West Region USA

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  • Fangxuan Chen
  • Zhiwei Ma
  • Hadi Nasrabadi
  • Bailian Chen
  • Mohamed Mehana
  • Jolante Wieke Van Wijk

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Hydrogen is an integral component of the current energy transition roadmap to decarbonize the economy and create an environmentally-sustainable future. However, surface storage options (e.g., tanks) do not provide the required capacity or durability to deploy a regional or nationwide hydrogen economy. In this study, we have analyzed the techno-economic feasibility of the geologic storage of hydrogen in depleted gas reservoirs, salt caverns, and aquifers in the Intermountain-West (I-WEST) region. We have identified the most favorable candidate sites for hydrogen storage and estimated the volumetric storage capacity. Our results show that the geologic storage of hydrogen can provide at least 72% of total energy consumption of I-WEST region in 2020. We also calculated the capital and levelized costs of each storage option. We found that a depleted gas reservoir is the most cost-effective candidate among the three geologic storage options. Interestingly, the cushion gas type and volume play a significant role in the storage cost when we consider hydrogen storage in saline aquifers. The levelized costs of hydrogen storage in depleted gas reservoirs, salt caverns, and saline aquifers with large-scale storage capacity are approximately $1.3, $2.3, and $3.4 per kg of H2, respectively. This work provides essential guidance for the geologic hydrogen storage in the I-WEST region.

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  • Fangxuan Chen & Zhiwei Ma & Hadi Nasrabadi & Bailian Chen & Mohamed Mehana & Jolante Wieke Van Wijk, 2022. "Technical and Economic Feasibility Analysis of Underground Hydrogen Storage: A Case Study in Intermountain-West Region USA," Papers 2209.03239, arXiv.org.
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