Market viability of nuclear hydrogen technologies

We analyse the market viability of four potential nuclear hydrogen technologies. We focus on the value of product flexibility, i.e. the value of the option to switch between hydrogen and electricity production depending on what is more profitable to sell. We find that flexibility in output product is likely to add significant economic value to a nuclear hydrogen plant. Electrochemical technologies lend themselves more easily to flexible production than thermochemical technologies. Potential investors in nuclear hydrogen may therefore see these as more viable in the marketplace.

Nuclear Production of Hydrogen: Fourth Information Exchange Meeting, Oakbrook, Illinois, USA , 14-16 April 2009

Market viability of nuclear hydrogen technologies

Quantifying the value of product flexibility