Economic analysis of hydrogen and formate co-production <i>via</i> fluctuating-power methanol electrolysis
Methanol electrolysis without storage yields H 2 at $13.54 per kg (13.8% reduction vs. storage). Co-producing formate lifts return on investment to 116.4%. Methanol price is the key lever: a 10% drop cuts the levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) by $0.3 per kg.
Authors
- Linqiu Li
- Jiahao Rao
- Heng Zheng
- Heng Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8117-6790)
- Dajun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7396-6736)
- Yu Bai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8213-3127)
- Ying Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7011-1716)
- Chun Tang
Institutions
- Southwest Petroleum University (CN)
- State Key Laboratory of Oil and Gas Reservoir Geology and Exploitation (CN)
- Southwest Minzu University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Catalysis Science & Technology
- Published
- 2025-12-04
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5cy00945f
- Primary Topic
- Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00