Assessing the feasibility of green hydrogen production through monofacial and bifacial photovoltaic technologies for India's energy goals

Manikandan, Sivashankar; Vijayakumar, Vijayakumar; Bharatiraja, Chokkalingam; Anusuya, Kathirvel; Josephin JS, Femilda; Varuvel, Edwin Geo

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.153779

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Assessing the feasibility of green hydrogen production through monofacial and bifacial photovoltaic technologies for India's energy goals

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Straipsnis Web of Science ir Scopus duomenų bazėje / Article in Web of Science and Scopus database (S1)

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Straipsnis Web of Science DB / Web of Science DB article (S1)

VILNIUS TECH Research Priorities and Topics

Mechatroninės gamybos sistemos Pramonė 4.0 platformoje / Mechatronic for Industry 4.0 Production System (MC0101)

Lithuanian Intelligent Specialization

Nauji gamybos procesai, medžiagos ir technologijos / New production processes, materials and technologies (L104)

Author(s)

Author	Affiliation
Manikandan, Sivashankar	SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Vijayakumar, Vijayakumar	SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Bharatiraja, Chokkalingam	SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Anusuya, Kathirvel	SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Josephin JS, Femilda	Istinye University
Varuvel, Edwin Geo	Eksperimentinės mechanikos laboratorija / Laboratory of Experimental Mechanics (044503)	Vilniaus Gedimino technikos universitetas

Title

Assessing the feasibility of green hydrogen production through monofacial and bifacial photovoltaic technologies for India's energy goals

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Sivashankar Manikandan, Vijayakumar Vijayakumar, Chokkalingam Bharatiraja, Kathirvel Anusuya, Femilda Josephin JS, Edwin Geo Varuvel

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International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

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Year	Volume	Issue	Start Page	End Page
2026	213	153779	11201	11216

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Oxford : Elsevier BV

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Elsevier BV

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Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science)

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ScienceDirect

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p. 11201-11216

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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14911/209635
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319926004167	Viso teksto dokumentas (prieiga prenumeratoriams) / Full Text Document (Access for Subscribers)

DOI

10.1016/j.ijhydene.2026.153779

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Technologijos mokslai / Technological sciences (T)

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Mechanikos inžinerija / Mechanical Engineering (T009)

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Abstract (en)

This paper studies the feasibility of green hydrogen production using monofacial and bifacial photovoltaic (PV) power systems in Indian context. The recent developments in the hydrogen electrolyzer and fuel cell technology facilitates the generation and utilization of green hydrogen. In this study an alkaline electrolyzer (AEL) and a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer (PEMEL) is employed along with the PV panels for the green hydrogen generation. Then the levelized cost of hydrogen (LCOH) is evaluated and presented for all locations of India. The results show that the alkaline electrolyzer can generate an average of 0.0531 kg/m2 of green hydrogen using bifacial PV and 0.0438 kg/m2 using monofacial PV system. Further, the hydrogen generated using PEMEL is 2.2% higher when compared to the AEL system. The levelized cost of hydrogen is found to be 4.47 USD/kg using bifacial photovoltaic system and 5.07 USD/kg using monofacial PV system, and the LCOH obtained using the PEMEL is 1.84 USD/kg higher than that of AEL. These results will contribute to the feasibility and economic viability studies and policy making for the green hydrogen production and utilization in India.