The Role of Hydrogen in the Green Future of the Baltic Energy System

2023 IEEE 64th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON 2023) : Conference Proceedings 2023
Antans Sauļus Sauhats, Romāns Petričenko, Ļubova Petričenko, Gaļina Bočkarjova, Konstantins Burcevs, Marija Zima-Bockarjova

The planned and already observed increase in the use of wind and photovoltaic power plants is partially constrained by the uncontrolled variability of energy generation and consumption. The weakening of the negative influence of demand and generation variability is possible through the construction of large-scale energy storage plants (ESPs). This article is devoted to the operation and modelling of a powerful hydrogen production plant (H2PP) which can ensure a hosting opportunity for large capacity renewables in the Baltic region. An energy demand and generation balancing problem has been posed and solved. Forecasts of hydro, wind and photovoltaic generation, changes in the energy demand and market prices have been taken into consideration. An estimation of annual costs, the amount of hydrogen and the required capacity of the H2PP for energy balancing constitutes the main result of the paper.

Keywords
climate change mitigation | electricity market | energy storage | hydrogen production | renewables
DOI
10.1109/RTUCON60080.2023.10412952
Hyperlink
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10412952

Sauhats, A., Petričenko, R., Petričenko, Ļ., Bočkarjova, G., Burcevs, K., Zima-Bockarjova, M. The Role of Hydrogen in the Green Future of the Baltic Energy System. In: 2023 IEEE 64th International Scientific Conference on Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON 2023) : Conference Proceedings, Latvia, Riga, 9-11 October, 2023. Piscataway: IEEE, 2023, pp.151-158. ISBN 979-8-3503-1774-9. e-ISBN 979-8-3503-1773-2. Available from: doi:10.1109/RTUCON60080.2023.10412952

Publication language
English (en)