Levelised cost of green hydrogen modelling, 2025 to 2050

The data represents the cost of producing green hydrogen under varying assumptions. It is not a forecast and does not provide a single view or a specific value for green hydrogen production costs. Instead, it takes as input the capex and opex assumptions presented in the first dataset and then computes the levelized cost of green hydrogen for a wide range of input parameters including the cost of financing (6-15% discount rates), the electrolyser capacity factor (5% - 95%), and the cost of electricity (£0-£150/MWh). All calculations assume a plant lifetime of 25 years and plant construction time of 1 year.

CKAN Data API

Access resource data via a web API with powerful query support.
Further information in the main CKAN Data API and DataStore documentation.

The Data API can be accessed via the following actions of the CKAN action API.

Query
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query (via SQL)
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

Query example (first 5 results)
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=cc2dad0c-393c-4ae0-ae67-a98703169ad4&limit=5`
Query example (via SQL statement)
`https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT * from "cc2dad0c-393c-4ae0-ae67-a98703169ad4" LIMIT 5`

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

var data = {
  resource_id: 'cc2dad0c-393c-4ae0-ae67-a98703169ad4', // the resource id
  limit: 5 // get 5 results
};
$.ajax({
  url: 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search',
  data: data,
  dataType: 'jsonp',
  success: function(data) {
    alert('Total results found: ' + data.result.total)
  }
});

A simple ajax (JSONP) request to the data API using jQuery.

import urllib2
  url = 'https://api.neso.energy/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=cc2dad0c-393c-4ae0-ae67-a98703169ad4&limit=5'
  fileobj = urllib2.urlopen(url)
  print fileobj.read()

Download (CSV)

Data Explorer

Table Information

Tech

Title	Tech
Type	string
Description	Electrolyser technology, either PEM or Alkaline
Comment
Example
Unit	N/A

Scenario

Title	Scenario
Type	string
Description	Electrolyser capex scenario - Central, High, or Low scenario for capital cost projection
Comment
Example
Unit	N/A

Build Year

Title	Build Year
Type	year
Description	Construction year of the electrolyser plant
Comment
Example
Unit	N/A

Capacity Factor

Title	Capacity Factor
Type	number
Description	Electrolyser capacity factor
Comment
Example
Unit	%

Electricity Price

Title	Electricity Price
Type	number
Description	Electricity price faced by electrolyser
Comment
Example
Unit	£/MWh

Discount Factor

Title	Discount Factor
Type	number
Description	The discount factor or hurdle rate representing the cost of financing.
Comment
Example
Unit	%

Units

Title	Units
Type	string
Description	LCOH units of hydrogen produced - either £/kg or £/MWh H2 HHV (higher heating value)
Comment
Example
Unit	N/A

LCOH

Title	LCOH
Type	number
Description	The total discounted lifetime cost of building and operating an electrolysis plant, expressed as a cost per unit of hydrogen produced (£/MWh H2 HHV or £/kg)
Comment
Example
Unit	£/MWh H2 HHV or £/kg

LCOH Capex

Title	LCOH Capex
Type	number
Description	Capex component of the LCOH
Comment
Example
Unit	£/MWh H2 HHV or £/kg

LCOH Electricity Cost

Title	LCOH Electricity Cost
Type	number
Description	Cost of electricity component of the LCOH
Comment
Example
Unit	£/MWh H2 HHV or £/kg

LCOH Fixed Opex

Title	LCOH Fixed Opex
Type	number
Description	Fixed opex component of LCOH
Comment
Example
Unit	£/MWh H2 HHV or £/kg

LCOH Variable Opex

Title	LCOH Variable Opex
Type	number
Description	Variable opex component of LCOH
Comment
Example
Unit	£/MWh H2 HHV or £/kg

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Levelised cost of green hydrogen modelling, 2025 to 2050

CKAN Data API

Data Explorer

Data Explorer

Table Information

Tech

Scenario

Build Year

Capacity Factor

Electricity Price

Discount Factor

Units

LCOH

LCOH Capex

LCOH Electricity Cost

LCOH Fixed Opex

LCOH Variable Opex