Flexible hydrogen production
The increasing need for hydrogen production is expected to lead to a marked increase in electricity demand, while hydrogen is seen as a flexibility potential in the energy system. The project Flexible hydrogen production intends to investigate what opportunities and obstacles exist for a hydrogen producer, for example an industry or another, to contribute with flexibility through a future electrolyser plant and what is needed for this to become feasible.
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The focus is on an overview of technical and regulatory aspects as the project has a limited budget. The project intends to carry out a shorter literature study on the subject and carry out interviews with participating parties.
The project's goal is to investigate:
- What technical possibilities exist for running an electrolyser plant flexibly
- What requirements are placed on the facility for it to be possible
- What role do the byproducts play in making that possible
- What technical obstacles need to be removed for that to be possible
- What limitations are linked to electricity trade agreements and balance responsibility
In the previous project Hydrogen on the West Coast, which was carried out in 2021, the future need for hydrogen for West Swedish industry as well as the power and heating sector has been mapped. In that project, it emerged that there is great interest in collaborating on hydrogen and its role in the region. However, several issues cannot wait for a cooperation platform to be formed, therefore this project can help not to lose valuable time in the development of hydrogen's role in the energy system in the Västra Götaland region.
RISE is the project manager and collaborates with Chalmers in the project to take advantage of the knowledge the respective executors have already built up and gain synergies with already existing projects.
Participating Parties
RISE, Chalmers, Göteborg Energi, Linde Gas, Preem, St1 and Vattenfall
Period
2022-02-10 – 2022-06-31
Total budget
SEK 180,000
Final report: Flexible hydrogen production
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