Abstract
The massive deployment of renewable electricity generation technologies requires significant electricity grid expansion and enforcement measures. Grid- supportive operation of electrolysis may act as an alternative to overcome grid constraints in a timely and effective manner. However, in liberalised markets, grid operators are not allowed to own and operate storage assets. This work investigates the regulatory feasibility on the basis of the draft of the new Austrian Electricity Act (Begutachtungsentwurf des Elektrizitätswirtschaftsgesetzes, ElWG draft). In fact, there is only one feasible option which allows DSOs to own and operate electrolysis: An exceptional permission from the regulatory authority following a negative tender and the check of alternatives. Only then, the DSO is allowed to operate the facility in a grid-supportive way. Any other market-based operation is ruled out.
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Titel | Electrolysis in Distribution Grids |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 24 Okt. 2024 |
Research Field
- Flexibility and Business Models