Modeling Integrated Power and Transportation Systems: Impacts of Power-to-Gas on the Deep Decarbonization

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Hydrogen could link power and transport systems and reduce costs of deep decarbonization for both sectors.
Authors

Bo Li

Minyou Chen

Ziming Ma

Gang He

Wei Dai

Dongran Liu

Chi Zhang

Haiwang Zhong

Published

April 15, 2022

Paper

Modeling Integrated Power and Transportation Systems: Impacts of Power-to-Gas on the Deep Decarbonization
Bo Li, Minyou Chen*, Ziming Ma, Gang He, Wei Dai, Dongran Liu, Chi Zhang, and Haiwang Zhong
IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications (2022)
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2021.3116916

Abstract

The deployment of renewable energy sources, power-to-gas (P2G) systems, and zero-emission vehicles provide a synergistic opportunity to accelerate the decarbonization of both power and transportation system. This article investigates the prospects of implementing hydrogen P2G technology in coupling the power system and the transportation system. A novel coordinated long-term planning model of integrated power and transportation system (IPTS) at the regional scale is proposed to simulate the power system balance and travel demand balance simultaneously, while subject to a series of constraints, such as CO2 emission constraints. IPTS of Texas was investigated considering various CO2 emission cap scenarios. Results show unique decarbonization trajectories of the proposed coordinated planning model, in which IPTS prefers to decarbonizing the power sector firstly. When the power system reaches ultralow carbon intensity, the IPTS then focuses on the road transportation system decarbonization. The results show that with the P2G system, IPTS of Texas could achieve 100% CO2 emission reductions (relative 2018 emissions level) by adding a combination of approximately 143.5 GW of wind, 50 GW of solar PV, and 40 GW of P2G systems with 2.5% renewables curtailment. The integration of the P2G system can produce hydrogen by use of surplus RES generation to meet hydrogen demand of Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) and to meet multiday electricity supply imbalances.

Citation

BibTeX citation:
@article{li2022,
  author = {Li, Bo and Chen, Minyou and Ma, Ziming and He, Gang and Dai,
    Wei and Liu, Dongran and Zhang, Chi and Zhong, Haiwang},
  title = {Modeling {Integrated} {Power} and {Transportation} {Systems:}
    {Impacts} of {Power-to-Gas} on the {Deep} {Decarbonization}},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications},
  volume = {58},
  number = {2},
  pages = {2677-2693},
  date = {2022-04-15},
  url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9555251},
  doi = {10.1109/TIA.2021.3116916},
  langid = {en}
}
For attribution, please cite this work as:
Li, Bo, Minyou Chen, Ziming Ma, Gang He, Wei Dai, Dongran Liu, Chi Zhang, and Haiwang Zhong. 2022. “Modeling Integrated Power and Transportation Systems: Impacts of Power-to-Gas on the Deep Decarbonization.” IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications 58 (2): 2677–93. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2021.3116916.