Harvesting and redistributing renewable energy: On the role of gas and electricity grids to overcome intermittency through the generation and storage of hydrogen

Energy Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 1603-1614

  Anderson, Dennis ^a   Leach, Matthew ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electricity and gas grids; Hydrogen production and storage; Intermittent renewable energy

Indexed keywords

CHARGING (BATTERIES); ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; NATURAL GAS; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND POWER;

HYDROGEN STORAGE; TIDAL RESOURCES;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; STORAGE;

EID: 16544371148     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-4215(03)00131-9     Document Type: Article

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