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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 40, Issue 5, Pages 2065-2083Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2014.11.059
Keywords
Low-carbon heat; Fuel cell CHP; Systems integration; Hydrogen heating; Energy policy
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- Hydrogen and Fuel Cell SUPERGEN Hub - RCUK Energy Programme [EP/J016454/1]
- EPSRC [EP/J016454/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J016454/1] Funding Source: researchfish
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The debate on low-carbon heat in Europe has become focused on a narrow range of technological options and has largely neglected hydrogen and fuel cell technologies, despite these receiving strong support towards commercialisation in Asia. This review examines the potential benefits of these technologies across different markets, particularly the current state of development and performance of fuel cell micro-CHP. Fuel cells offer some important benefits over other low-carbon heating technologies, and steady cost reductions through innovation are bringing fuel cells close to commercialisation in several countries. Moreover, fuel cells offer wider energy system benefits for high-latitude countries with peak electricity demands in winter. Hydrogen is a zero-carbon alternative to natural gas, which could be particularly valuable for those countries with extensive natural gas distribution networks, but many national energy system models examine neither hydrogen nor fuel cells for heating. There is a need to include hydrogen and fuel cell heating technologies in future scenario analyses, and for policymakers to take into account the full value of the potential contribution of hydrogen and fuel cells to low-carbon energy systems. Copyright (C) 2014, The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Hydrogen Energy Publications, LLC.
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