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Table 3 Data for LCC (LCOH) calculations for the years 2022 and 2045

From: Life cycle environmental impacts and costs of water electrolysis technologies for green hydrogen production in the future

 

unit

2022

2045

Prim. source

Electrolysis technology

–

AEC

PEMEC

SOEC

AEC

PEMEC

SOEC

–

Spec. invest (CapEx)

€2022/kWel

476.19

952

2381

186.3 (BC); 313.2 (WC)

195.4 (BC); 445.52 (WC)

362.5 (BC); 959.9 (WC)

[52,53,54] and own calcul.

Stack share on CapEx

%

50

60

30

44

36

10

[51]

OpEx fixed

% of CapEx

4

4

4

2

2

2

[51]

Insurance costs

% of CapEx

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

[51]

Administration costs

% of CapEx

2

2

2

2

2

2

[51]

Electricity supply costs

€ct/kWhel

3.5 (Mix)

3.5 (Mix)

3.5 (Mix)

4 (Wind); 8 (Mix)

4 (Wind); 8 (Mix)

4 (Wind); 8 (Mix)

[51]

Heat supply costs

€ct/kWhth

  

5.5

  

5.5

[51]

Interest rate

%

4

4

4

4

4

4

[51]