IMAGINE – Market-based multi-period planning of European hydrogen and natural gas infrastructure

Frischmuth, Felix; Schmitz, Richard; Härtel, Philipp

doi:10.1109/eem54602.2022.9921154

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“…Third, while providing an energy transition pathway analysis, some studies do not include blue hydrogen as a production alternative [9,12,13] or have not integrated hydrogen networks [14,15,16]. Fourth, comprehensive studies are carried out, yet they disregard the interaction of electricity and hydrogen sectors with the heating sector [10,13,17,18] or while modeling a sector-coupled European energy system, they focus on a specific country or region only [12,19,20]. Finally, while a few optimization studies [21,22] take into account importing hydrogen from other nations, they do not examine the impact on the European hydrogen economy and regional infrastructure.…”

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A unified European hydrogen infrastructure planning to support the rapid scale-up of hydrogen production

Kountouris

Bramstoft

Madsen

et al. 2023

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Hydrogen will become a key player in the transition toward a net-zero energy system. However, a clear pathway toward a unified European hydrogen infrastructure is still under discussion. We explore plausible pathways using a fully sector-coupled energy system model and assess the emergence of hydrogen infrastructure build-outs connecting third-nation hydrogen import and domestic production centers with Western and Central European demands via four distinct hydrogen corridors. We identify a potential lock-in effect of blue hydrogen in the medium term, highlighting the risk of long-term dependence on methane. In contrast, we show that a self-sufficient Europe relying on domestic green hydrogen by 2050 increases yearly expense by around 3 % and requires 500 GW of electrolysis. This study emphasizes the importance of a rapid scale-up of electrolysis capacity, build-out of hydrogen network and storage facilities, deployment of renewable electricity generation, and coherent coordination across European nations.

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A unified European hydrogen infrastructure planning to support the rapid scale-up of hydrogen production

Kountouris

Bramstoft

Madsen

et al. 2023

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“…Grid expansion planning is vital in transforming energy systems, especially as potential trade-offs exist with other energy carrier networks, e.g. hydrogen networks [4]. Accurate CAPital EXpenditure (CAPEX) cost estimates of HVDC infrastructure are essential in grid expansion planning.…”

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Improved investment cost model and overhead cost consideration for high voltage direct current infrastructure

Vrana

Härtel

2023

2023 19th International Conference on the European Energy Market (EEM)

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The ongoing large-scale deployment of offshore wind parks creates the need for substantial investments in Voltage Source Converter (VSC) based High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) transmission infrastructure. An investment cost model with a corresponding cost parameter set was established in 2018 to improve the accuracy of HVDC grid expansion planning. As part of an ongoing initiative to continue previous work, the cost model has been updated and expanded. UnderGround Cables (UGC) are now treated similarly to SubMarine Cables (SMC) for a more accurate inclusion of onshore extensions of offshore HVDC networks. The parameter fitting methodology, which identifies the cost model parameters, has also been updated to consider different overhead costs, which increases the precision of processing cost data from real HVDC projects for parameter fitting, and, therefore, the accuracy of the cost parameter set.

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Influence of hydrogen import prices on hydropower systems in climate-neutral Europe

2023

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While climate and energy policy targets require fundamental changes and expansions in the energy infrastructure, hydropower systems across Europe remain essential for low-carbon energy systems. With renewable fuel import prices being subject to large uncertainties, this work aims to substantiate the relationship between these fuel import prices and multireservoir hydropower systems in a climate-neutral energy system. To that end, three green hydrogen import price scenarios are combined with two aggregated modelling approaches for pan-European hydropower assets. Using the integrated energy system model SCOPE SD, the analysis shows that import prices for green hydrogen have a significant impact on European electricity generation (+ 595 GW$$_\text {el}$$ el and + 650 TWh$$_\text {el}$$ el /yr), domestic hydrogen production (+ 396 TWh$$_\text {th}$$ th /yr), and water values of European hydropower assets (+ 33 % of average value in Norway). The results further indicate that the different aggregation methods only have a minor impact, suggesting that the computationally more efficient approach with up to 90% reductions in solution time provides suitable approximations of hydropower generation and flexibility in future analyses.

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IMAGINE – Market-based multi-period planning of European hydrogen and natural gas infrastructure

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A unified European hydrogen infrastructure planning to support the rapid scale-up of hydrogen production

A unified European hydrogen infrastructure planning to support the rapid scale-up of hydrogen production

Improved investment cost model and overhead cost consideration for high voltage direct current infrastructure

Influence of hydrogen import prices on hydropower systems in climate-neutral Europe

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