Lifecycle Cost Analysis of Hydrogen Versus Other Technologies for Electrical Energy Storage
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This report presents the results of an analysis evaluating the economic viability of hydrogen for medium- to large-scale electrical energy storage applications compared with three other storage technologies: batteries, pumped hydro, and compressed air energy storage (CAES).
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Hydrogen storage has a very low rate of self-discharge and has therefore been proposed for seasonal storage.
“Hydrogen storage has a very low rate of self-discharge, and has therefore been proposed for seasonal storage.8,21”
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Opportunities and constraints of hydrogen energy storage systems
Dowling, J. A., Ruggles, T. H., Virgüez, E. A., Reich, N. D., Ifkovits, Z. P., Davis, S. J., Li, A. X., Kennedy, K. M., Rinaldi, K. Z., Duan, L., et al. (2024) · Environmental Research: Energy · doi:10.1088/2753-3751/ad58e5 · Cited by 10 · see citing works
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- Steward, D., Saur, G., Penev, M., & Ramsden, T.
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- 2009-11-01
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- report
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- en
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- OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
- University of North Texas Digital Library (University of North Texas) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Energy Engineering and Power Technology › Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Accounting › Life Cycle Costing Analysis
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Energy Engineering and Power Technology › Power Systems and Renewable Energy
- Keywords
- hydrogen energy storage, life cycle cost analysis, electrical energy storage, battery energy storage, pumped storage, compressed air energy storage, economic feasibility
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