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2 The Research Concept
2.4.7 Data Collection and Analysis
Data collected through documentation review and expert interviews will be
subject to qualitative analysis to answer the secondary questions 1 and 2.
The documentation review will be done by desktop review of publicly available
research work, articles, and journals about the phenomenon.
The expert interviews will be conducted through a semi-structured questionnaire, enabling some room for improvisation while covering the key areas
of research.
Data collected for the case studies are subject to quantitative analysis to answer the secondary questions 3 and 4. The data collection is done by a desktop
review of relevant publications. To enable consistency of the quantitative analysis
across the case studies, a survey is designed to capture objective data, for example
installed capacity in GW, target capacity in GW, quantity of hydrogen in tons…
The analysis is done by methodological triangulation of the data. The data
captured during the survey of the case studies will be used to validate the findings
from the documentation review and the expert interviews.
2.5
The Renewable Hydrogen Framework
To provide a structure for conducting the research (Lambert 2008; N, Dr. Elangovan 2015), the author has defined the renewable hydrogen framework. It provides
a structure to conceptualise the different building blocks of the research topic
(Figure 2.1).
The “renewable energy offer” box represents the renewable electricity generation capacity in the countries considered in the research work. The overview of
the renewable electricity capacity as well as the drivers and the challenges for its
development is essential to assess the ability to produce renewable hydrogen from
electrolysis of water.
The “hydrogen demand” box represents the hydrogen demand or off-take
from carbon intensive industry sectors using large quantity of fossil fuel-based
hydrogen as feedstock. The research work focuses on the hydrogen demand for
ammonia, methanol, oil refining and steel production industry sectors.
The “potential for decarbonisation” box connects the renewable energy offer,
enabling the production of renewable hydrogen, with the hydrogen demand. This
part of the framework aims at understanding the ability of the renewable energy
sector to decarbonise carbon intensive industry sectors using fossil fuel-based
hydrogen as feedstock.
2 The Research Concept
2.4.7 Data Collection and Analysis
Data collected through documentation review and expert interviews will be
subject to qualitative analysis to answer the secondary questions 1 and 2.
The documentation review will be done by desktop review of publicly available
research work, articles, and journals about the phenomenon.
The expert interviews will be conducted through a semi-structured questionnaire, enabling some room for improvisation while covering the key areas
of research.
Data collected for the case studies are subject to quantitative analysis to answer the secondary questions 3 and 4. The data collection is done by a desktop
review of relevant publications. To enable consistency of the quantitative analysis
across the case studies, a survey is designed to capture objective data, for example
installed capacity in GW, target capacity in GW, quantity of hydrogen in tons…
The analysis is done by methodological triangulation of the data. The data
captured during the survey of the case studies will be used to validate the findings
from the documentation review and the expert interviews.
2.5
The Renewable Hydrogen Framework
To provide a structure for conducting the research (Lambert 2008; N, Dr. Elangovan 2015), the author has defined the renewable hydrogen framework. It provides
a structure to conceptualise the different building blocks of the research topic
(Figure 2.1).
The “renewable energy offer” box represents the renewable electricity generation capacity in the countries considered in the research work. The overview of
the renewable electricity capacity as well as the drivers and the challenges for its
development is essential to assess the ability to produce renewable hydrogen from
electrolysis of water.
The “hydrogen demand” box represents the hydrogen demand or off-take
from carbon intensive industry sectors using large quantity of fossil fuel-based
hydrogen as feedstock. The research work focuses on the hydrogen demand for
ammonia, methanol, oil refining and steel production industry sectors.
The “potential for decarbonisation” box connects the renewable energy offer,
enabling the production of renewable hydrogen, with the hydrogen demand. This
part of the framework aims at understanding the ability of the renewable energy
sector to decarbonise carbon intensive industry sectors using fossil fuel-based
hydrogen as feedstock.