SHARE: Sustainable hydrogen for agriculture and rural environments

该项目确定并分析了决定分布式可持续制氢如何帮助农业脱碳并将农村环境纳入氢经济的关键因素。所使用的分析方法将系统地探讨不同的情景和研究问题：-与其他氢和低碳燃料选择相比，什么规模的制氢在经济上是可行的？使用可再生能源的分布式制氢在农村环境中可行吗？农村制氢能否与粪肥管理和食物垃圾等其他农村进程有效地联系起来？考虑到系统的复杂性、成本、安全性和效率，固态存储是否优于加压气体？随着电池等竞争对手技术的进步，可行性如何变化？分布式制氢作为世界事件缓冲区的可行性快速变化的全球环境意味着这项工作试图了解不同因素的影响，以便可以分析具体情况，使所获得的理解广泛适用。这项工作的一个重要部分是与利益攸关方直接接触，以了解他们的优先事项。该项目还将利用该中心的现有网络，在农业和农村社区建立新的联系。与利益相关者的参与将被用来告知任何额外的因素和优先事项的项目，预计将产生进一步的问题要考虑。可扩展的分布式氢生产和存储的可扩展的技术经济和生命周期评估模型的农村和农业环境的低碳燃料替代品的比较分析与农村氢利益相关者建立联系，为未来的合作资金申请。

This project identifies and analyses the key factors that determine how distributed sustainable hydrogen generation can help decarbonise agriculture and bring the rural environment into the hydrogen economy. The analytical approaches used will systematically explore different scenarios and research questions:-what scale of hydrogen generation is economically viable, in comparison to other hydrogen and low carbon fuel options?-can distributed hydrogen generation using renewable energy be viable in rural environments?-can rural hydrogen generation be usefully linked to other rural processes such as manure management and food waste?-is solid state storage preferred over pressurised gas, considering system complexity, cost, safety, and efficiency?-how does viability vary with progress in competitor technologies such as batteries?-the viability of distributed hydrogen generation as a buffer against world eventsThe rapidly changing global environment means that the work seeks to understand the impact of different factors, so that specific scenarios can be analysed, making the understanding gained widely applicable. An important part of the work is direct engagement with stakeholders to understand their priorities. The project will make use of the centre's existing networks as well generating new contacts in agriculture and rural communities. Engagement with stakeholders will be used to inform the project of any additional factors and priorities and is expected to produce further questions to be considered.Deliverables-Scalable techno-economic and life cycle assessment model of distributed hydrogen production and storage-Comparative analysis of low carbon fuel alternatives for rural and agricultural environments-Establishment of links with rural hydrogen stakeholders for future collaborative funding applications.