Description
Wind-hydrogen systems provide one way to store intermittent wind energy as hydrogen. We explored the hypothesis that an integrated wind-hydrogen system supplying electricity, heat, and transportation fuel could serve the needs of an isolated (off-grid) Alaska community at a lower cost than a collection of separate systems. Analysis indicates that: 1) Combustible Hydrogen could be produced with current technologies for direct use as a transportation fuel for about $15/gallon-equivalent; 2) The capital cost of the wind energy rather than the capital cost of electrolyzers dominates this high cost; and 3) There do not appear to be diseconomies of small scale for current electrolyzers serving a a village of 400 people.
Publication Date
12-17-2008
Recommended Citation
Colt, Steve and Gilbert, Steve, "Economic Analysis of an Integrated Wind-Hydrogen Energy System for a Small Alaska Community" (2008). Reports. 102.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_iser_reports/102
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4371