Pongracz, G. (2019). Economic viability of small-scale decentralized hydrogen fuel electrolysis in the Austrian market [Master Thesis, Technische Universität Wien; Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien]. reposiTUm. https://doi.org/10.34726/hss.2019.68525
This thesis is aimed at assessing the basic economic viability of decentralized hydrogen fuel electrolysis in the Austrian market. As a rst step, expert studies are investigated for establishing driving factors of the economic viability of such systems. Based on these studies, scenarios with speci c projections for all major driving factors are derived, which are later used as input for the economic viability model of a single decentralized hydrogen fuel electrolysis system. The second main part of the thesis suggests a techno-economic model for both the operational feasibility and investment viability of a decentralized hydrogen fuel electrolysis plant. After discussing the established model, different deployment options are exercised with the matching input values of the scenario projections from the rst part of the thesis. Based on the results, the economic viability of each deployment option is studied. Finally, a conclusion based on all results is presented, while also giving an outlook for additional studies to be carried out for further examining the topic at hand.