Cost of long-distance energy transmission by different carriers.
Energy flexibility
Energy resources
Energy systems
Energy transportation
Journal
iScience
ISSN: 2589-0042
Titre abrégé: iScience
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101724038
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
17 Dec 2021
17 Dec 2021
Historique:
received:
22
03
2021
revised:
24
08
2021
accepted:
19
11
2021
entrez:
22
12
2021
pubmed:
23
12
2021
medline:
23
12
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
This paper compares the relative cost of long-distance, large-scale energy transmission by electricity, gaseous, and liquid carriers (e-fuels). The results indicate that the cost of electrical transmission per delivered MWh can be up to eight times higher than for hydrogen pipelines, about eleven times higher than for natural gas pipelines, and twenty to fifty times higher than for liquid fuels pipelines. These differences generally hold for shorter distances as well. The higher cost of electrical transmission is primarily because of lower carrying capacity (MW per line) of electrical transmission lines compared to the energy carrying capacity of the pipelines for gaseous and liquid fuels. The differences in the cost of transmission are important but often unrecognized and should be considered as a significant cost component in the analysis of various renewable energy production, distribution, and utilization scenarios.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34934917
doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.103495
pii: S2589-0042(21)01466-8
pmc: PMC8661478
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
103495Informations de copyright
© 2021 The Author(s).
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no competing interests.
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