There continues to be growing interest in the development of PtG technology to provide energy storage, ancillary services and to provide cleanly produced hydrogen fuel for future generations of vehicles. To grow the industry, continuing research will be undertaken into using Cap-and-Trade or carbon taxes to provide financial incentives; utilizing green hydrogen for emissions savings in the production of petroleum and other products; the utilization of electrolysis systems to provide ancillary services to grid operators; and the use of the NG infrastructure to provide the long-term bulk storage needed to manage excess base load and integrate renewable power sources.

Chapter Contents:

• 2.1 Summary of concept
• 2.1.1 Energy pathways in PtG
• 2.2 Benchmarking PtG to other energy storage technologies
• 2.2.1 Comparing PtG with other energy storage technologies
• 2.3 Summary of current commercialization and research activities
• 2.3.1 Methanation/ RNG
• 2.3.2 Energy hubs and networks
• 2.3.2.1 Combined heat and power
• 2.3.2.2 Case studies of SENs
• 2.3.3 System optimization and ancillary
• 2.3.4 Economic analysis of PtG systems
• 2.3.4.1 Results of the economic analysis
• 2.3.4.2 Further discussion
• 2.3.5 Cap-and-Trade
• 2.4 Summary
• References

Inspec keywords: energy storage

Other keywords: PtG technology; renewable power sources; energy storage; electrolysis systems; financial incentives; power-to-gas; energy system integration; carbon taxes; NG infrastructure; Cap-and-Trade; ancillary services; grid operators; emissions savings; petroleum; hydrogen fuel

Subjects: Energy storage; Other energy storage