Affiliation: | 1. Energy Storage Technologies Laboratory, Instituto Nacional de Electricidad y Energías Limpias, 62490, Morelos, Mexico;2. CONACYT-INEEL, 62490, Morelos, Mexico;3. Centro de Estudios de las Energías Renovables (CEENER), Instituto de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexicali, 21280, Mexico |
Abstract: | In this work a techno economic feasibility study is carried out to implement a Hydrogen based Power to Gas to Power (P2G2P) in a Microgrid, located in a rural area in Baja California, Mexico. The study aims to define the feasibility to store energy throughout seasons with this novel alternative using an electrolyzer to produce green hydrogen from excess renewable energy in winter, to store it during months and re inject it to the grid as electricity by a fuel cell in the high energy demanding season. The Microgrid was modeled in Homer software and simulations of the P2G2P lead to Levelized Cost of Energy data to compare between the P2G2P scenarios and the current diesel-battery based solution to complete the high demand by the community. This study shows that using hydrogen and fuel cells to substitute diesel generators it is possible to reduce CO2 emissions up to a 27% and that in order for the P2G2P to be cost competitive, the fuel cell should reduce its cost in 50%; confirming that, in the medium to long term, the hydrogen storage system is a coherent alternative towards decarbonization of the distributed energy generation. |