L R AS Published on Monday 1 May 2023 - n° 443 - Categories:hydrogen, lithium batteries
How to manage the future of storage with or without hydrogen?
The non-simultaneous deployment of energy storage and hydrogen technology leads to uncertainty in market share profiles in the future, according to the study by Norwegian DNV. Batteries and hydrogen have distinct characteristics and should be widely considered
as complementary rather than competing technologies.
"Both will require significant technological advancement and a major scale-up in manufacturing and deployment if the UK is to meet its obligation to achieve net zero by 2050. The varying timescales for their deployment lead to considerable uncertainty in the expected market share profiles over time.
"The main use of battery technology is focused on road transport, which will account for 88% of total battery use by 2050, with aviation and the power sector making up the bulk of the remaining energy consumption.
"For hydrogen, energy use is more evenly distributed across industries, aviation. Maritime and industry will use 79% of hydrogen by 2050, in addition to contributions from road transport and the power sector. The overlap between batteries and hydrogen is expected to be limited in the power sector, with hydrogen used to balance demand over a longer seasonal period.
"Large-scale battery developments will soon be the norm in the UK, solving the problem of balancing short-term electricity demand with the intermittency of wind and solar generation. And this could be just the beginning. Further growth could soon be underway if the government introduces additional incentives to stimulate investment. "
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2023/04/27/role-of-hydrogen-batteries-in-uks-decarbonation-efforts/
PV Magazine of 27 April 2023
