Fission or Fossil: Life Cycle Assessment of Hydrogen Production

Life cycle inventory analysis of biological hydrogen production by thermophilic and photo fermentation of potato steam peels (PSP)

“…The environmental burdens and benefits of the entire production chain are identified and quantified. The whole LCA was based on the ISO 14040 (International Organization for Standardization, 1997) and 14044 (International Organization for Standardization, 2006) which foresee four steps: (Solli et al, 2006) definition of goal and scope, (2) inventory analysis (LCI), (3) impact assessment (LCIA) and (4) interpretation of the results. The LCIA is conducted with the help of the SimaPro 7.1 software (PRé Consultants, 2006).…”

“…The two promising options for large-scale hydrogen production in the near future are nuclear assisted thermo chemical water splitting and natural gas steam reforming (Solli et al, 2006). Apart from these, biological hydrogen production from biomass gains further importance as a small scale application (Djomo et al, 2008).…”

Life cycle assessment of hydrogen production via thermochemical water splitting using multi-step Cu–Cl cycles

“…A comparison of the environmental impact of the system with natural gas steam reforming and wind, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, hydroelectric and biomass based electrolysis indicates that emissions of the high temperature water vapour electrolysis process are much lower than those for conventional natural gas steam reforming and comparable with the emissions for H 2 production using renewable based electrolysis. Solli et al (2006) presented a comparative hybrid life cycle assessment to evaluate and compare environmental impacts of two H 2 production methods: nuclear assisted thermochemical water splitting using the SeI cycle and natural gas steam reforming with CO 2 sequestration. An overall advantageous option could not be determined since a weighing method was not applied.…”

Comparative life cycle assessment of hydrogen and other selected fuels

“…Electrolysis of water using electricity generated from renewable sources is one possibility although cost and the ability to scale up production to meet future demand are barriers [26]. Although the technology is less mature than electrolysis, nuclear assisted thermochemical water splitting is a candidate for large-scale hydrogen production in the future [27].…”