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@INPROCEEDINGS{Lucchese:845118,
author = {Lucchese, Paul and Mansilla, Christine and Dolci, F. and
Dickinson, R. R. and Funez, C. and Grand-Clément, L. and
Hilliard, S. and Proost, J. and Robinius, Martin and
Salomon, M. and Samsatli, S.},
title = {{POWER}-{TO}-{HYDROGEN} {AND} {HYDROGEN}-{TO}-{X}: {LATEST}
{RESULTS} {OF} {TASK} 38 {OF} {THE} {IEA} {HYDROGEN}
{IMPLEMENTING} {AGREEMENT}},
reportid = {FZJ-2018-02437},
year = {2017},
abstract = {Proceedings of EFC2017European Fuel Cell Technology $\&$
Applications Conference - Piero Lunghi ConferenceDecember
12-15, 2017, Naples, ItalyEFC17145 POWER-TO-HYDROGEN AND
HYDROGEN-TO-X: LATEST RESULTS OF TASK 38 OF THE IEA HYDROGEN
IMPLEMENTING AGREEMENTP. Lucchese1, C. Mansilla1, F. Dolci2,
R. R. Dickinson3, C. Funez4, L. Grand-Clément5, S.
Hilliard6, J. Proost7, M. Robinius8, M. Salomon6, and S.
Samsatli91 CEA, Université Paris Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette
(France)2 European Commission, Petten (Netherlands) 3
Hydricity Systems Australia and University of Adelaide,
Centre for Energy Technology, Adelaide (Australia)4 Centro
Nacional del Hidrógeno, Puertollano (Spain)5PersEE, Paris
(France)6 Clean Horizon Consulting, Paris
(France)7Université catholique de Louvain, Division of
Materials and Process Engineering, Louvain-la-Neuve
(Belgium)8 Institute of electrochemical process engineering
(IEK-3), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich (Germany)9
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath
(United Kingdom) Abstract - Task 38 of the Hydrogen
Implementing Agreement of the IEA is dedicated to the
analysis of Power-to-Hydrogen and Hydrogen-to-X pathways,
with a final objective of providing business developers and
policy makers with recommendations to enable hydrogen as a
key energy carrier for a sustainable integrated energy
system. This paper offers an appraisal of the recent work,
mostly dedicated to review and state-of-the-art analysis.
Index Terms – HIA, Power-to-Hydrogen, Power-to-XI.
INTRODUCTIONEnergy systems are changing around the world due
to a variety of factors [1]-[2]:- Increasing demand for
energy in the world due to globalization and emerging
countries;- Increasing renewable share in the energy mix,
especially in the electricity mix;- Greenhouse gas
constraints and CO2 reduction in the energy sector;- Local
pollution constraints;- Deregulation in the energy system,
allowing new challengers to enter the market;- Energy
security constraints, system reliability objectives;- Energy
production system decentralisation.The balancing of the
electricity grid is increasingly challenging as the
installed renewable energy capacity is increasing. Solutions
such as transmission super grids, smart grids, energy
storage, demand management, and back-up capacity
implementation can contribute; but new measures that go
beyond increasing transmission capacity and flexible
generation or consumption will have to be introduced to
manage the grid as the level of renewable energy sources is
increased. Power-to-hydrogen (PtH) system components are
clearly part of the broader picture [3]. Hydrogen production
via electrolysis makes it possible to quickly adjust the
power consumption: electrolysers can reach full load
operation in a few seconds [4]. They can also decrease
demand in sub-seconds for providing frequency control
services. As a result, hydrogen production can be an
economically and technically attractive way to contribute to
power systems management.The “Power-to-hydrogen” concept
means that, especially once hydrogen is produced from
low-carbon electricity, a potentially large portfolio of
uses is possible. Applications across diverse sectors
include transport, green chemistry, electrification (i.e.
power storage), blending with natural gas, and also general
business of merchant hydrogen for energy or industry.
Providing ancillary services or grid services for the
electricity grid, transport or distribution grid may also be
considered. Indeed, hydrogen can provide flexible energy
storage and carrier option which could help managing the
energy system. With these benefits in mind, a task of the
Hydrogen Implementing Agreement (HIA) of the International
Energy Agency (IEA) was approved in October 2015 by the 72nd
HIA Executive Committee as “Task 38”, to examine
hydrogen as a key energy carrier for a sustainable
integrated energy system. It is entitled:
“Power-to-Hydrogen and Hydrogen-to-X: System Analysis of
the techno-economic, legal and regulatory conditions”.
This paper presents the Task and latest achievements. II.
TASK DESCRIPTIONThe general objectives of the Task are: i/
to provide a comprehensive understanding of the various
technical and economic pathways for power-to-hydrogen
applications in diverse situations, ii/ to provide a
comprehensive assessment of existing legal frameworks, and
iii/ to present business developers and policy makers with
general guidelines and recommendations that enhance hydrogen
system deployment in energy markets. A final objective will
be to develop hydrogen visibility as a key energy carrier
for a sustainable and smart energy system, within a 2 or 3
horizon time frame: 2030 and 2050, for example. The work is
slated to take place over a four-year period, and is
structured in two phases: - 1/ a general state of the art
survey of existing studies on techno-economic and business
cases, existing legal framework, including demo/deployment
projects; - 2/ detailed specific cases studies, based on
detailed targets defined during the first phase, together
with elaboration of legal and regulatory conditions, policy
measures, and general guidelines for business developers as
well as public and private financial mechanisms and
actors.Today, the task gathers over 50 experts of 37
organisations from 17 countries. Fig. 1. Affiliations of the
Task 38 membersIII. LATEST ACHIEVEMENTSThe first phase
involved several actions. To start with, the main PtH
pathways and interconnections were identified in a way that
overcomes the ambiguities inherent in the term
“Power-to-Gas”. In turn, this aims at providing solid
and easier to understand foundations for building legal and
regulatory frameworks for new business opportunities
[5].Another part was dedicated to the compilation of
state-of-the-art technical and economic data on large-scale
water electrolyser systems, both for PEM and alkaline
technology, from the major electrolyser manufacturers
worldwide [6]. A workshop on PtH demonstrations will also
help identifying next steps towards commercialization.An
extensive literature review of the current PtH literature
was undertaken [7]. The aim is to capture diversity within
the current literature and draw some major conclusions from
it. Over 200 documents were reviewed with a methodology
developed to analyze the variety of studies considered. This
reviewing effort relied on the participation of the members
of Task 38, both to co-construct a database of existing
studies on PtH and to review the works. The first step is
almost complete, before in-depth analysis of the most
relevant studies. A similar approach is implemented for the
review of the regulatory and legal context for PtH, in a
number of countries. Business cases will be assessed,
building on this thorough review step.Modelling is not
neglected either. A workshop was organized by the University
of Bath on energy system modelling and the role of hydrogen.
Lively and productive debates dealt with the key issues and
future avenues for hydrogen systems research. Data is a key
issue in this context, to be addressed in a more global IEA
HIA approach.IV. CONCLUSIONTask 38 of the Hydrogen
Implementing Agreement is dedicated to the analysis of PtH
pathways, with a final objective of providing business
developers and policy makers with recommendations to enable
hydrogen as a key energy carrier for a sustainable
integrated energy system. Recent work was mostly dedicated
to review and state-of-the-art analysis. Building on this,
next steps will also involve modelling to develop relevant
recommendations. ACKNOWLEDGMENTThis work was conducted in
the framework of the Task 38 of the IEA HIA. The Task is
coordinated by the Institute for techno-economics of energy
systems (I-tésé) of the CEA, with the support of the
ADEME.REFERENCES[1] IEA, "Renewable Energy: Medium-Term
Market Report 2016: Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2021,"
2016.[2] New York State, "Reforming the Energy Vision:
Whitepaper March 2016", New York, 2016.[3] SBC Energy
Institute (2014), Leading the Energy Transition Factbook,
Hydrogen-based energy conversion - More than storage: system
flexibility.[4] A. Godula-Jopek, Hydrogen production by
electrolysis, Wiley, 2015.[5] R. Dickinson et al.,
Power-to-Hydrogen and Hydrogen-to-X pathways: Opportunities
for next energy generation systems, EEM15 conference,
Dresden, Germany, June 6-9, 2017. [6] J. Proost,
State-of-the-art CAPEX data for water electrolysers, and
their impact on renewable hydrogen price settings, EFC17
conference, Naples, Italy, December 12-15, 2017. [7] M.
Robinius, et al., Power-to-Hydrogen and Hydrogen-to-X: Which
markets? Which economic potential? Answers from the
literature, EEM15 conference, Dresden, Germany, June 6-9,
2017.},
month = {Dec},
date = {2017-12-12},
organization = {European Fuel Cell Technology $\&$
Applications Conference - Piero Lunghi
Conference, Naples (Italy), 12 Dec 2017
- 15 Dec 2017},
cin = {IEK-3},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IEK-3-20101013},
pnm = {134 - Electrolysis and Hydrogen (POF3-134)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-134},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)1},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/845118},
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