o:36553 Harvesting renewable hydrogen from an energy crop in Serbia: Quantifying the energy saving potential, possible utilization, and environmental benefits en This research aimed to evaluate the hydrogen production potential of Miscanthus as an energy crop cultivated on unused agricultural land in Serbia. An assessment of hydrogen generation potential from Miscanthus was carried out through three scenarios: Hydrogen via combustion and electrolysis (SC1), hydrogen via steam water gasification (SC2), and hydrogen via a biogas steam reforming process (SC3). The highest potential was obtained in scenario SC3 (10,187.5 tons), while the potentials in Scenarios SC2 and SC1 amount to 9067.97 tons and 4290.46 tons, respectively. A sensitivity analysis was conducted to determine the reliability of the output and test assumptions in this investigation. Additionally, possible applications of hydrogen potential in electricity production, road transport, and steel production were assessed. Further, the environmental benefit of these scenarios was estimated by considering the amount of fossil fuel displaced and the avoided CO2 emissions in the atmosphere. The calculated hydrogen potentials can displace lignite from in the 58,907.91 - 139,874.14 tons range. Also, an economic assessment was conducted for observed scenarios. Hydrogen production costs were estimated as 7.70, 2.19, and 8.89 € per kg H2 in SC1, SC2 and SC3, respectively. This article can contribute to integrating energy crop cultivation and hydrogen production. Miscanthus, Hydrogen, Electrolyzer, Gasification, Biogas Steam Reforming, Energy Efficiency 1552099 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.138266 2025-09-18T10:46:15.623Z 44 yes 46 Slobodan Cvetkovic University of Belgrade, Institute of Chemistry, Technology, and Metallurgy - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Njegoševa 12, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia Jovana Perendija University of Belgrade, Institute of Chemistry, Technology, and Metallurgy - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Njegoševa 12, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia person Željko Dželetović University of Belgrade, Institute for the Application of Nuclear Energy INEP, Serbia doktor biotehnickih nauka person 0000-0001-9166-7094 Marija Jankovic University of Belgrade, “Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12–14, POB 522, Belgrade, Serbia person Bojan Jankovic University of Belgrade, “Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12–14, POB 522, Belgrade, Serbia person Jasmina Grbovic Novakovic University of Belgrade, “Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12–14, POB 522, Belgrade, Serbia person Dejan Cvetinovic University of Belgrade, “Vinča" Institute of Nuclear Sciences - National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Mike Petrovića Alasa 12–14, POB 522, Belgrade, Serbia person application/pdf 5937159 https://phaidrabg.bg.ac.rs/o:36553 no yes 16 70 92000001 11A24 11A29 11A28 Harvesting renewable hydrogen from an energy crop in Serbia: Quantifying the energy saving potential, possible utilization, and environmental benefits 138266 335 138266 Energy Netherlands Elsevier 2025