Electrolysers for mitigating wind curtailment and producing 'green' merchant hydrogen

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 120-134

  Troncoso, E ^a   Newborough, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b ITM POWER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrolysers; Merchant hydrogen; Pay back; Revenue loss; Wind curtailment

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL REVENUE; COST OF WIND POWER; ELECTROLYSERS; ELECTROLYSIS PLANTS; HIGH WINDS; HYDROGEN MARKETS; HYDROGEN SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL MARKETS; ISOLATED POWER SYSTEM; MERCHANT HYDROGEN; PAY-BACK; POWER SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RETURN ON INVESTMENTS; REVENUE LOSS; SALES PRICES; WIND ELECTRICITY; WIND GENERATION; WIND PENETRATION;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROFITABILITY; REACTIVE POWER; WIND POWER;

HYDROGEN;

EID: 79451470803     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.10.047     Document Type: Conference Paper

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