Subsurface porous media hydrogen storage - scenario development and simulation

Subsurface porous media hydrogen storage could he a viable option to mitigate shortages in energy supply from renewable sources. In this work, a scenario for such a storage is developed and the operation is simulated using a numerical model. A hypothetical storage site is developed, based on an actual geological structure. The results of the simulations show that the storage can supply about 20 % of the average demand in electrical energy of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, for a week-long period. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecomons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).