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Fuel cells and electrolysers in future energy systems - VBN

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The results for air/water HP resemble the results for geothermal HP. The electricity dem<strong>and</strong> is 1.73 TWh <strong>and</strong><br />

the total fuel dem<strong>and</strong> is 1.87 TWh. Electricity from PP, CHP <strong>and</strong> reduced excess electricity are now 0.53, 0.79<br />

<strong>and</strong> 0.42 TWh, respectively.<br />

Fig. 3, Annual fuel consumption of supply<strong>in</strong>g 300,000 houses with heat from <strong>in</strong>dividual<br />

geothermal HP <strong>in</strong>cl. electric peak load boiler <strong>in</strong> the BAU 2030 CHP <strong>energy</strong> system.<br />

In fig. 4, the <strong>energy</strong> conversion with micro FC‐CHP based on either natural gas or biogas is illustrated. In this<br />

case, 7.37 TWh of gas is consumed <strong>in</strong> order to meet the heat dem<strong>and</strong> of 4.5 TWh. However, 2.14 TWh of<br />

electricity is also produced. The excess production is raised by 0.39 TWh <strong>and</strong> the rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g electricity is saved<br />

at CHP <strong>and</strong> PP. At CHP plants, the reduced production leads to a change <strong>in</strong> the heat production, which is then<br />

met by peak load boilers. This leads to relatively small marg<strong>in</strong>al fuel sav<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>in</strong> the BAU 2030 CHP system. In<br />

total, 2.63 TWh of fuel is saved <strong>in</strong> the <strong>energy</strong> system. The net result is 4.73 TWh, which is a m<strong>in</strong>or <strong>in</strong>crease<br />

compared to the 4.5 TWh used <strong>in</strong> gas boilers. If biogas is used <strong>in</strong> the micro FC‐CHP shown <strong>in</strong> fig. 4, the net fuel<br />

consumption is the same; but the use of biogas is 7.37 TWh <strong>and</strong> the net sav<strong>in</strong>g of natural gas is 2.18 TWh.<br />

<strong>Fuel</strong><br />

dem<strong>and</strong><br />

4.73 TWhfuel<br />

7.37 TWhfuel<br />

2.63 TWhfuel<br />

Increased<br />

Excess<br />

electricity<br />

Power<br />

plant<br />

CHP /<br />

boiler<br />

Micro<br />

FC-CHP /<br />

peak boiler<br />

Marg<strong>in</strong>al system changes<br />

100<br />

2.14 TWhe<br />

0.88 TWhe<br />

0.87 TWhe<br />

0.39 TWhe<br />

4.5 TWhth<br />

Heat<br />

dem<strong>and</strong>

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