Volume 11, Issue 2, November 2014, Pages 312–321
Sandeep Pandeyr1 and Hemshikha Saini2
1 Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
2 Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Renewable energy technology (RET) is gaining too much popularity now a day as these are considered as best replacement for fossil fuel based energy. Specially wind and solar energy gained much attention in developed as well as in developing countries. But one should also consider that these sources are not continuous, solar radiation is available at most 10 hours a day and wind also depends on particular geographical location. Due to their variable nature operator need to store energy from these sources so that power demand can be met during peak hours. But now during power oversupply, operators curtail these resources. The curtailment rates are expected to increase in future as RET shares increasing continuously.
Instead of curtailment one can store the energy but it is seen that storage is not as favourable as curtailment. So we suggest that instead of curtailment and storage in conventional electro-chemical battery system one should go for electricity storage in form of hydrogen. For this electrolysis is the best way. In this paper we will review the hydrogen production by electrolysis and its use in RET.
Author Keywords: renewable energy storage, electrolysis by wind energy, wind energy storage option, curtailment vs. storage, hydrogen production.
Sandeep Pandeyr1 and Hemshikha Saini2
1 Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
2 Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Renewable energy technology (RET) is gaining too much popularity now a day as these are considered as best replacement for fossil fuel based energy. Specially wind and solar energy gained much attention in developed as well as in developing countries. But one should also consider that these sources are not continuous, solar radiation is available at most 10 hours a day and wind also depends on particular geographical location. Due to their variable nature operator need to store energy from these sources so that power demand can be met during peak hours. But now during power oversupply, operators curtail these resources. The curtailment rates are expected to increase in future as RET shares increasing continuously.
Instead of curtailment one can store the energy but it is seen that storage is not as favourable as curtailment. So we suggest that instead of curtailment and storage in conventional electro-chemical battery system one should go for electricity storage in form of hydrogen. For this electrolysis is the best way. In this paper we will review the hydrogen production by electrolysis and its use in RET.
Author Keywords: renewable energy storage, electrolysis by wind energy, wind energy storage option, curtailment vs. storage, hydrogen production.
How to Cite this Article
Sandeep Pandeyr and Hemshikha Saini, “A techno-energetic review on hydrogen production using wind energy,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 312–321, November 2014.
