Green hydrogen cost assessment tool

The tool was developed under the ISA–ADB initiative as part of Phase 2 of the project ‘Ecosystem Readiness Assessment for Production and Utilisation of Green Hydrogen’. 
This comprehensive and adaptable tool enables users to estimate the indicative production and landed cost of green hydrogen based on project-specific inputs. Key parameters include:

1. Plant configuration: Capacity, utilisation, electrolyser technology, specific energy consumption, storage, and transport
2. Cost assumptions: CAPEX, OPEX, network charges, balancing power, and losses
3. Renewables procurement: Model type, capacity mix, and capacity utilisation factor
4. Financials:Taxes, duties, subsidies/incentives, and broader financial assumptions. The tool outputs a detailed component-wise breakdown of the Levelised Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH), along with key financial statements—cash flow, profit and loss, and balance sheet—as well as financial indicators such as NPV and IRR.

The tool outputs a detailed component-wise breakdown of the Levelised Cost of Hydrogen (LCOH), along with key financial statements—cash flow, profit and loss, and balance sheet—as well as financial indicators such as NPV and IRR.

Disclaimer:

This tool is currently in draft/beta testing and we appreciate your feedback. This tool is intended to provide indicative output based on information submitted by you, which should be used solely for reference purpose only. The results of this tool are not intended for any commercial usage or reproduction and does not carry any right of publication or disclosure to any other party. Users need to provide assumptions that align with envisaged countries/ projects. A few assumptions have been pre-fixed to facilitate ease of use only. The resulting output and its content do not constitute investment advice, financial advice or any form of recommendation or management decision making. The output provided do not imply any endorsement, assurance, audit or validation by us of any existing or proposed green hydrogen project of any kind or the cost involved therein. These outputs and related content are not binding and should not be relied upon for making any business, investment, or financial decisions of any manner whatsoever. You must exercise your own due diligence and verify the information before making any decisions based on the output. No liability is accepted for its use or for any inaccuracies it may contain. This tool and the resultant output is not a replacement for detailed techno-commercial feasibility and project modelling. 

Acknowledgement

Project Team: (ISA-ADB TA) Dr Mridula Bharadwaj. (ISA) Ramesh Kumar Kuruppath (Chief of Unit - PPIC), S Gautham.         
Technical Reviewers: Ashish Khanna (Director General, ISA), Dr Pradeep Tharakan (Director, Energy Transition, ADB), Tron Andre Svanes (Energy Specialist, ADB).         
The International Solar Alliance extends its gratitude to Emanuele Bianco, Energy Specialist, ADB for his valuable feedback during the course of the project.