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*Keeps cost down to about $5k for 10kW, though real cost in Seed Eco-Home 1 was $1/W installed (much lower than $3 industry standard)
*Keeps cost down to about $5k for 10kW, though real cost in Seed Eco-Home 1 was $1/W installed (much lower than $3 industry standard)
*Cost of electricity - 20 years * 365 * 6 * 10kW = 438MW hrs for $5k is 1.1 cents/kWhr. And life will be about 2x this for PV panels.
*Cost of electricity - 20 years * 365 * 6 * 10kW = 438MW hrs for $5k is 1.1 cents/kWhr. And life will be about 2x this for PV panels.
*Given 50 kWhr requirement for hydrogen generation, with 60% efficiency electrolyzer. See [[Hydrogen Production]]
*Given 50 kWhr requirement for hydrogen generation, with 60% efficiency electrolyzer. See [[Hydrogen Production]]  
**We get 55 cents per kg hydrogen! That assumes cost of electrolyzer is nil.


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*[[Solar Hydrogen Production]]
*[[Solar Hydrogen Production]]

Revision as of 04:16, 1 August 2021

  • First one in the world - in Sweden? - [1]
  • Techno-economic analysis states that cost of production of solar hydrogen is $9/kg - [2]

Calculations

  • 36 cent/kW panel costs at sunelec.com
  • Use bus wire, 4-0, at $1/ft - for a few hundred dollar distribution cost to homes, using local 480 DC to 120 AC/240 AC inverters
  • Keeps cost down to about $5k for 10kW, though real cost in Seed Eco-Home 1 was $1/W installed (much lower than $3 industry standard)
  • Cost of electricity - 20 years * 365 * 6 * 10kW = 438MW hrs for $5k is 1.1 cents/kWhr. And life will be about 2x this for PV panels.
  • Given 50 kWhr requirement for hydrogen generation, with 60% efficiency electrolyzer. See Hydrogen Production
    • We get 55 cents per kg hydrogen! That assumes cost of electrolyzer is nil.

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