Power-to-gas technology in energy systems: current status and prospects of potential operation strategies

Regarded as a long-term, large capacity energy storage solution, commercialized power-to-gas (PtG) technology has attracted much research attention in recent years. PtG plants and natural gas-fired power plants can form a close loop between an electric power system and a natural gas network. An inte...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of modern power systems and clean energy 2017-05, Vol.5 (3), p.439-450
Main Authors: LIU, Weijia, WEN, Fushuan, XUE, Yusheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Commercialization
Cost benefit analysis
Economic analysis
Electric power systems
Electrical Machines and Networks
Electricity market
Energy
Energy storage
Energy Systems
Gas-fired power plants
Multi-energy system
Natural gas
Power Electronics
Power system economics
Power to gas
Renewable and Green Energy
Renewable energy
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Regarded as a long-term, large capacity energy storage solution, commercialized power-to-gas (PtG) technology has attracted much research attention in recent years. PtG plants and natural gas-fired power plants can form a close loop between an electric power system and a natural gas network. An interconnected multi-energy system is believed to be a solution to the future efficient and environmental friendly energy systems. However, some crucial issues require in-depth analysis before PtG plants can be economically implemented. This paper discusses current development status and potential application of PtG plants in the future interconnected multi-energy systems, and further analyzes the costs and benefits of PtG plants in different application scenarios. In general, the PtG plants are not economical efficient based on current technologies and costs. But the situation is likely to change with the development of PtG technologies and interconnected operation of gas-electricity energy system.
ISSN:2196-5625
2196-5420
DOI:10.1007/s40565-017-0285-0