Proceedings of the International Renewable Energy Storage and Systems Conference (IRES 2023)

Techno-Economic Assessment Of Production And Transport Of Synthetic Methane From PV And Wind Energy

Authors
Andreas Patha1, *, Johannes Kathan1, Judith Kapeller1, Stefan Reuter1, Philipp Ortmann1, Christoph Zauner1
1Austrian Institute of Technology, Vienna, Austria
*Corresponding author. Email: andreas.patha@ait.ac.at
Corresponding Author
Andreas Patha
Available Online 11 July 2024.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-455-6_10How to use a DOI?
Keywords
synthetic methane; SNG; PV; wind power; levelized costs of SNG
Abstract

This study investigates the methanation of green electricity from a combined wind and PV power plant with a peak capacity of 250 MW in three different countries (Chile, UAE, Tunisia) and the transport of the produced methane to Austria. The production costs were calculated through a simulation on an hourly basis over a span of 20 years. The economically ideal size of the conversion components were determined in a parameter study. The specific transport costs were calculated on an annual basis. An optimistic and a pessimistic scenario were defined to represent the uncertainty of costs and technical parameters as well as two years of initial investment (2030, 2040) to reflect the possible technical and economical improvement of elements along the chain. Transport from Chile and the UAE was assumed by ship in a liquefied state and from Tunisia by pipeline in a gaseous state. The resulting import costs from Tunisia were 140 - 271 €/MWh, from Chile 150 - 356 €/MWh and from the UAE 183 - 420 €/MWh.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Renewable Energy Storage and Systems Conference (IRES 2023)
Series
Atlantis Highlights in Engineering
Publication Date
11 July 2024
ISBN
978-94-6463-455-6
ISSN
2589-4943
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6463-455-6_10How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2024 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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AU  - Johannes Kathan
AU  - Judith Kapeller
AU  - Stefan Reuter
AU  - Philipp Ortmann
AU  - Christoph Zauner
PY  - 2024
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EP  - 98
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