Journal
ENVIRONMENTS
Volume 10, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/environments10060096
Keywords
power system; fuel cells; municipalities; compensation
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The operation of the electricity grid can be severely disrupted by unexpected weather events, leading to emergencies and extensive outages. Finland has areas where weather impacts are particularly harsh, thus a study was conducted to assess the feasibility of a high-temperature proton-exchange membrane fuel cell backup power system for installation in these affected municipalities and regions.
The operation of the electricity grid can be heavily affected by unexpected meteorological phenomena which generate emergency situations that cause extensive outages. This often has to do with weather-related events. In several places in the world, an electricity network operator is responsible for fairly compensating end-users. In Finland, there are areas where these weather-related impacts are significantly harsher than those in other areas. Based on this and historic data, the applicability and viability of a high-temperature proton-exchange membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) backup power system was studied in order to assess the opportunity for its installation in the affected municipalities and regions. When implemented on a larger scale, from both technoeconomic and social perspectives, such systems have the potential to yield significant benefits. Compared to a diesel generator, the HT-PEMFC produced nearly half of the volume of CO2 and its fuel costs were six times smaller; however, it remains inapplicable to individual detached households.
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