@misc{Lenivova2020, type = {Master Thesis}, author = {Lenivova, Veronika}, title = {The potential role of Power-to-Gas in the Russian-European energy system}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:co1-opus4-52211}, school = {BTU Cottbus - Senftenberg}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The modern world is currently facing the energy revolution due to the decarbonisation challenges, promoted by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The well-established fossil fuel energy sources are being pushed from their leading market positions by renewable energy. European governments are some of the first to take decisive action towards decarbonisation and have already started reforming their economic sectors. New questions arising from such changes are influencing the role of Russia in supplying energy to the European market. The development of a market for renewable gas, especially renewable hydrogen in Europe, could potentially, in a long-term scenario up to 2050, be an option for Russia to help maintain demand and remain in the role as a main exporter. The focus of this master thesis is put on the assessment of the current state of readiness of Russian and European energy systems for integration of Power-to-Gas (PtG) systems and for development of a carbon-free hydrogen market. German internal green hydrogen production capacity cannot meet the approximate demand in 2030 and 2050. However, the presence of the unutilised power capacity from Russian nuclear and hydro power plants opens a new opportunity to generate economically attractive hydrogen in large volumes via electrolysis with low electricity costs and zero carbon dioxide footprint. In this thesis different supply chains for hydrogen export (Russia-Germany) are constructed and, as a result, the levelised costs of hydrogen (LCOH) are calculated and analysed. Hydrogen produced in Russia and transported to Germany via maritime shipment shows that it can already be competitive to the domestically produced green hydrogen in Germany. The main compartment of the LCOH is the electricity expenditure, which the current Russian industrial tariffs can reach up to 90\% of the total costs. Further reductions of the electricity price for PtG systems are recommended in order to achieve lower results for the LCOH. The outcome of this master thesis provides an overview on the current readiness of Russian and German hydrogen infrastructure and further recommendations on how it should be adapted. Finally a 2050 roadmap for the implementation of a hydrogen market in Russia and Germany is developed.}, subject = {Decarbonisation; Hydrogen economy; Green hydrogen; Yellow hydrogen; Power-to-gas; Russian-European energy system; Dekarbonisierung; Wasserstoffwirtschaft; Gr{\"u}ner Wasserstoff; Russisch-Europ{\"a}isches Energiesystem; Europa; Russland; Power-to-Gas; Energieversorgung}, language = {en} }