Abstract
This study proposes a framework to analyse the concept of power to hydrogen (P2H) for fuelling the next generation of aircraft. The impact of introducing new P2H loads is investigated from different aspects namely, cost, carbon emission, and wind curtailment. The newly introduced electric load is calculated based on the idea of replacing the busiest international flight route in the Europe, Dublin-London Heathrow, by hydrogen fuel-powered aircraft as a high potential candidate for the next generation of air travel systems to cope with the ambitious targets set in Europe Flight Path 2050 by the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe. The simulation is performed on a representative Irish transmission network to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed solution.
Highlights
The increased share of renewable energy resources specially nonsynchronous technologies such as wind and solar power can create new technical challenges for the power system operators
The main obstacle is to produce it in quantity from lowcarbon energy sources such as wind or nuclear. If this bottle neck is addressed, the aircraft greenhouse gases will be reduced dramatically. This would be a game changer for aircraft manufacturers to meet the severe limitations set in Advisory Council for Aviation Research and Innovation in Europe (ACARE) Flight Path 2050 (e.g. a 75% reduction in CO2 emissions and a 90% reduction of NOx emissions by 2050) [26]
Considering the synchronous penetration (SNSP) limit ensures the stability of the power system specially in the case of high wind power penetration
Summary
The increased share of renewable energy resources specially nonsynchronous technologies such as wind and solar power can create new technical challenges for the power system operators. These challenges include (but not limited to) uncertainty in generation output of RES technologies [1], stability issues due to low inertia [2] and voltage control requirements. By increasing the penetration level of non-synchronous generations (such as wind turbines), the amount of inject-able wind power to the grid is limited to avoid frequency control problems. Some approaches have been proposed in the literature to reduce the wind curtailment These methods can be categorised into two main groups:. One of the main drivers for this transition is EU's energy and climate targets for 2030
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