Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage
Abstract
Wind-hydrogen systems provide one way to store intermittent wind energy as hydrogen.
We explored the hypothesis that an integrated wind-hydrogen system supplying
electricity, heat, and transportation fuel could serve the needs of an isolated (off-grid)
Alaska community at a lower cost than a collection of separate systems. Analysis
indicates that: 1) Combustible Hydrogen could be produced with current technologies
for direct use as a transportation fuel for about $15/gallon-equivalent; 2) The capital cost
of the wind energy rather than the capital cost of electrolyzers dominates this high cost;
and 3) There do not appear to be diseconomies of small scale for current electrolyzers
serving a a village of 400 people.United States Department of Energy.
DOE Award Number: DE-FC26-01NT41248Introduction / Executive Summary / Experimental Methods / Results and Discussion / Conclusion / Bibliography / Appendix: Associated Excel Workbook
