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Table 13 Percentage contributions of the process steps to environmental impacts—CGH2

From: Prospective assessment of energy technologies: a comprehensive approach for sustainability assessment

   

H2 Production (%)

Truck transport (%)

Storage (%)

Refueling station (%)

Acidification

molc H + eq

2020

53.4

41.8

1.3

3.5

  

2050

52.6

43.7

1.0

2.7

Climate change

kg CO2 eq

2020

23.5

66.5

2.5

7.6

  

2050

25.1

69.5

1.3

4.1

Freshwater ecotoxicity

CTUe

2020

77.9

17.3

1.5

3.4

  

2050

79.0

17.3

1.2

2.6

Freshwater eutrophication

kg P eq

2020

29.2

50.6

5.0

15.2

  

2050

56.1

38.6

1.1

4.2

Human toxicity—cancer effects

CTUh

2020

69.4

22.3

1.8

6.5

  

2050

76.4

18.4

0.9

4.2

Human toxicity—non-cancer effects

CTUh

2020

53.9

38.1

1.9

6.1

  

2050

57.0

37.8

1.2

4.1

Ionizing radiaton—human health

kBq U235 eq

2020

12.1

73.0

3.7

11.2

  

2050

17.7

79.8

0.5

2.0

Marine eutrophication

kg N eq

2020

34.0

57.6

1.8

6.7

  

2050

34.0

60.4

1.0

4.6

Ozone depletion

kg CFC-11 eq

2020

18.6

75.5

1.5

4.4

  

2050

17.9

77.1

1.3

3.7

Particulate matter/Respiratory inorganics

kg PM2.5 eq

2020

47.5

48.8

0.9

2.8

  

2050

44.9

51.5

0.9

2.7

Photochemical ozone formation

kg NMVOC eq

2020

34.2

60.9

1.2

3.7

  

2050

31.9

64.0

0.9

3.1

Resource depletion—mineral, fossil and renewables

kg Sb eq

2020

69.3

28.0

0.9

1.8

  

2050

65.9

30.9

1.0

2.3

Terrestrial eutrophication

molc N eq

2020

31.0

63.0

1.3

4.6

  

2050

28.2

66.9

1.1

3.8