Necessity and Impact of Power-to-gas on Energy Transition in Germany
- The present paper gives an outlook on a bandwidth of required installed power-to-gas capacity in the German power sector fed by 100% renewable generation until 2050. Two scenarios were simulated to quantify cost effects of power-to-gas on the electricity system: once with, once without additional short-term flexibility options to a system using fossil natural gas as sole flexibility option instead. As a result, at latest in 2035, power-to-gas capacity expansion has to take place to reach required installed capacities of up to 89-134 GW in 2050. Application of power-to-gas as long-term flexibility leads to cost savings of up to 11,7-19 bn Euro enabling a fully renewable system in 2050.
Author: | Martin Thema, Michael SternerORCiDGND, Thorsten Lenck, Philipp Götz |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2016.10.129 |
Parent Title (English): | Energy Procedia |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2016 |
Release Date: | 2022/04/06 |
Tag: | Power-to-Gas; decarbonization; energy storage; energy transition; renewable energy; supply security; surplus energy; system costs |
Volume: | 99 |
First Page: | 392 |
Last Page: | 400 |
Konferenzangabe: | 10th International Renewable Energy Storage Conference, IRES 2016, 15-17 March 2016, Düsseldorf, Germany |
Institutes: | Fakultät Elektro- und Informationstechnik |
Fakultät Elektro- und Informationstechnik / Forschungsstelle für Energienetze und Energiespeicher (FENES) / Forschungsgruppe Energiespeicher | |
OpenAccess Publikationsweg: | Gold Open Access- Erstveröffentlichung in einem/als Open-Access-Medium |
research focus: | Energie und Mobilität |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |