Renewable Energy Sources for Green Hydrogen Generation in Colombia and Applicable Case of Studies

Juan José Patiño; Carlos Velásquez; Edwin Ramirez; Rafael Betancur; Juan Felipe Montoya; Edwin Chica; Pablo Romero-Gómez; Arunachala Mada Kannan; Daniel Ramírez; Pedro Eusse; Franklin Jaramillo

doi:10.3390/en16237809

Renewable Energy Sources for Green Hydrogen Generation in Colombia and Applicable Case of Studies

Juan José Patiño, Carlos Velásquez, Edwin Ramirez, Rafael Betancur, Juan Felipe Montoya, Edwin Chica, Pablo Romero-Gómez, Arunachala Mada Kannan, Daniel Ramírez, Pedro Eusse, Franklin Jaramillo

Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of (IAFSE)

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Electrification using renewable energy sources represents a clear path toward solving the current global energy crisis. In Colombia, this challenge also involves the diversification of the electrical energy sources to overcome the historical dependence on hydropower. In this context, green hydrogen represents a key energy carrier enabling the storage of renewable energy as well as directly powering industrial and transportation sectors. This work explores the realistic potential of the main renewable energy sources, including solar photovoltaics (8172 GW), hydropower (56 GW), wind (68 GW), and biomass (14 GW). In addition, a case study from abroad is presented, demonstrating the feasibility of using each type of renewable energy to generate green hydrogen in the country. At the end, an analysis of the most likely regions in the country and paths to deploy green hydrogen projects are presented, favoring hydropower in the short term and solar in the long run. By 2050, this energy potential will enable reaching a levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) of 1.7, 1.5, 3.1 and 1.4 USD/kg-H₂ for solar photovoltaic, wind, hydropower and biomass, respectively.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	7809
Journal	Energies
Volume	16
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/en16237809
State	Published - Dec 2023

Keywords

biomass
green hydrogen generation
hydropower
LCOH
renewable energy potential
solar
wind

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Energy (miscellaneous)
Control and Optimization
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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