Full Title: Hydrogen Policy’s Narrow Path: Delusions And Solutions: Hydrogen for Seasonal Electric Storage
Author(s): Energy Innovation
Publisher(s): Energy Innovation
Publication Date: September 2, 2024
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Description (excerpt):
Achieving a fully clean electricity system with a high share of variable renewable energy resources will require complementary long-duration energy storage (LDES) services. In particular, the grid will need seasonal to multi-annual energy storage capacity, with the former primarily shifting wind and solar generation from high- to low-output months, and the latter primarily shifting hydro generation from wet to dry years. Electrolyzers can use excess clean energy to make hydrogen, which can then be stored at large volumes over long periods.
This fact sheet is part of an Energy Innovation paper assessing clean hydrogen’s value for cutting climate pollution from 12 end uses.