Hydrogen economy transition in Ontario - Canada considering the electricity grid constraints

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5275-5293

  Hajimiragha, Amirhossein ^a   Fowler, Michael W ^a   Cañizares, Claudio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electricity grid; Hydrogen economy; Ontario; Optimal planning; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE PLANNING; ELECTRICITY GRID; ELECTRICITY GRIDS; ELECTRICITY SYSTEM; ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTROLYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; GENERATION CAPACITY; GENERATION INVESTMENT; HYDROGEN ECONOMY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION PLANT; INTEGRATED POWER SYSTEMS; OFF-PEAK PERIODS; ONTARIO; OPTIMAL PLANNING; OPTIMAL SIZE; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; TRANSPORT SECTORS; ZONAL PATTERNS;

ECONOMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; ELECTRICITY; GAS PRODUCERS; INVESTMENTS; MESH GENERATION; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 67649631804     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.04.063     Document Type: Article

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