Is there an optimal database for comparing hydrogen production methods or can I compare data of multiple datasets?

Question

Hello,

I am just starting to write my Bachelor's thesis about LCA of Hydrogen production, with the goal to compare different hydrogen production methods, the following will be compared:

- PEM and Alkaline electrolysis from renewable energy sources (wind, PV)
- Natural gas steam reforming
- coal gasification

The emphysis of the comparison lies on the GHG emissions and the energy demand. I want to show, that hydrogen produced by renewable energy is, altough it is more expensve, better for the environment.

I need to find the right datasets for the mining and manufacturing process of the plants that will be in Europe. As I am completely new to LCA methodology and software I don't know where to start searching and which database will fit my concern the best.

Can I combine datasets of multiple databases? Is there a recommended freely available database or can't I get around purchasing the ecoinvent 3.6 database?

Comments

Hi,

Did the original poster (romanoeffi), manage to use OpenLCA and datasets for their LCA of Hydrogen production thesis? If the thesis is available anywhere I would be interested in reading it.
Thank you.