Description
The H2@Scale concept involves hydrogen as an energy intermediate. Hydrogen can be produced from various conventional and renewable energy sources including as a responsive load on the electric grid. Hydrogen has many current applications and many more potential applications, such as energy for transportation, as a feedstock for synthetic fuels, and to upgrade oil and biomass, heat for industry and buildings, and electricity storage. Owing to its flexibility and fungibility, a hydrogen intermediate could link energy sources that have surplus availability to markets that require energy or chemical feedstocks, benefiting both.
This data release provides estimates on hydrogens serviceable consumption potential for possible hydrogen applications and the technical potential for producing hydrogen from various resources. We define the technical potential as the resource potential constrained by real-world geography and system performance, but not by economics.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Readme for Hydrogen Demand and Resources.txt | Text | Readme file outlining the attributes and other useful metadata for resources in this submission. | Open resource |
| A Summary of Hydrogen Demand and Resources.txt | Text | Summary data documentation outlining the data provided in this submission. | Open resource |
| Hydrogen Demand and Resources.csv | CSV | CSV data file of estimates on hydrogens serviceable consumption potential for possible hydrogen applications. The data includes a list of resources and their itemized consumption. | Open resource |
| Hydrogen Demand and Resources.geojson | GeoJSON | GeoJSON contains a polygon feature class of estimates on hydrogens serviceable consumption potential for possible hydrogen applications. The data includes a list of resources and their itemized consumption. | Open resource |
| Technical and Economic Potential of the H2atScale Concept within the United States | This document builds upon a growing body of analyses of hydrogen as an energy intermediate by reporting the results from our initial analysis of the potential impacts of the H2@Scale concept by the mid-21st century for the 48 contiguous U.S. states. | Open resource |