What are Platts Hydrogen Assesments?
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Building on the world's first-to-market hydrogen assessments launched in December 2019, we expanded in April 2020 on our North American and European assessments and launched its first hydrogen assessments in Asia, following by adding Australian pricing in August 2021.
Our daily price assessments include 10 US regional set of prices, one Canadian set of prices, prices in the Netherlands, Japan and the UK.
The daily price assessments demonstrate the production cost of hydrogen for Steam Methane Reforming (SMR) production methods, including some regions Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), along with prices for Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis, Auto Thermal Reforming (ATR), Coal Gasification and Lignite Gasification production pathways, depending on the production hubs.
The calculated prices reflect both the commodity production cost and the capital expenditure (CapEx) associated with building a hydrogen facility.
The assessments include a commodity price as well as a commodity plus production cost, for the following hydrogen production hubs:
Canada
— Alberta (SMR w/o CCS, Alkaline Electrolysis, PEM Electrolysis, excluding and including CapEx)
United States
(SMR w/o CCS, Alkaline Electrolysis, and PEM Electrolysis, all excluding and including CapEx)
— Appalachia
— Gulf Coast
— Midcontinent
— Northeast
— Northern California
— Northwest
— Rockies
— Southeast
— Southern California
— Upper Midwest
The Netherlands
— SMR w/o CCS
— SMR with CCS
— PEM Electrolysis
— Alkaline Electrolysis
Japan
— SMR w/o CCS
— PEM Electrolysis
— Alkaline Electrolysis
United Kingdom
(all include and exclude CapEx)
— ATR with CCS
— PEM Electrolysis
— Alkaline Electrolysis
Australia
(all are published in A$/kg, $/MMBtu, $/kg, both including and excluding CapEx)
— New South Wales - Coal Gasification w/CCS, PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis
— Queensland - Coal Gasification w/CCS, PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis
— Victoria - Lignite Gasification w/ CCS, PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis
— Western Australia - SMR w/ CCS, PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis
— South Australia - PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis
— Tasmania - PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis
Middle East
— Saudi Arabia - PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis, SMR w/ CCS
— UAE - PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis, SMR w/ CCS
— Oman - PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis, SMR w/ CCS
— Qatar - PEM Electrolysis, Alkaline Electrolysis, SMR w/ CCS