A wind-hydrogen energy storage system model for massive wind energy curtailment

With wind energy penetration rate increasing, wind energy curtailment turns severe in some wind farms nowadays and new wind farm construction trends to aggregate this situation. Therefore the need for massive energy storage technology such as Power to gas is growing. In this study, a model of integrating curtailed wind energy with hydrogen energy storage is established based on real time data in term of 10 min avg. throughout a whole year in a wind farm. Two wind/hydrogen production scenarios via water electrolysis are given and the influence exerted on payback period by electrolyser power and hydrogen price is talked in tandem as well as the model validity is specified in the conclusion section. Our results further stress the importance of hydrogen energy storage technology on addressing wind energy curtailment and disclose some regularities from an economical perspective. Copyright (C) 2013, Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.