Low-Carbon Hydrogen Optimization Model

Mar 11, 2026 · 1 min read
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The optimization model behind How Carbon Accounting Rules Shape Incentives for Hydrogen Production, released so that the published results can be reproduced and extended. Written in Python as Jupyter notebooks, it simulates and optimizes the operation and capacity choice of Power-to-Gas systems under alternative carbon accounting rules, with electricity prices, capacity factors, technology costs and policy support all exposed as inputs.

Unlike the other entries here this is not an interactive calculator but the research code itself, for readers who want to verify the reported numbers or apply the model to a different setting. The paper is joint work with Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein.

Green Hydrogen Carbon Accounting Optimization Reproduction Code
Philip Holler
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Philip Holler
Doctoral Candidate
I am a doctoral candidate at the University of Mannheim and a researcher at the Mannheim Institute for Sustainable Energy Studies (MISES). I combine techno-economic analysis with carbon accounting to study the economics of decarbonization technologies, emission allocation effects and the investment incentives it shapes. I have held visiting positions at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Toulouse School of Management. My research has been published in Energy & Environmental Science and Nature Communications.