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present in liquid form at the production or for long-haul vehicles such as trucks,
transport site, it is economical to transport long-distance buses and cabs, which are 49
it in liquid form even over short distances. expected to break even by 2025. For the
The investment to build a new hydrogen United States, Europe and other regions
distribution pipeline network is huge and with high heat pump usage, building
may only be economical on a significant cogeneration will also be the first to
scale. achieve the break-even point.
Analysis shows that all hydrogen Hydrogen accounts for 40-60% of
distribution costs will fall by 60%-70% the cost of fuel cell power generation,
over the next decade. By 2030, the price of which means that the investment cost As a clean
hydrogen fuel provided to decentralized of hydrogen fuel cells is much higher alternative
users will drop to less than USD 5 per kg. than that of turbines, and their power energy source,
generation cost is naturally higher than hydrogen has
Cost is the biggest constraint for that of turbine power generation, and their different break-
clean substitution of hydrogen break-even point comes much later. even points
energy The technology of hydrogen industry for clean
As a clean alternative energy source, chain from production, transportation substitution
hydrogen has different break-even points and distribution to application is still in different
for clean substitution in different industries in the development stage, and the industries
due to its substitutability and application cost is the biggest constraint for clean due to its
intensity. substitution of hydrogen energy. The time substitutability
For applications such as ammonia of commercial application of hydrogen and application
production and refined hydrocracking, varies from industry to industry due to its intensity.
hydrogen is practically the only low- substitutability and application intensity,
carbon solution and has currently reached and it is still difficult to see the prospect
the break-even point. For other sectors, of commercializing hydrogen power
transportation is likely to be the first to generation in the short to medium term.
reach the break-even point, especially (Source: Hydrogen Council)

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