4
Scientific Literature Review
for Establishing the Status
of the Research of the Renewable
Hydrogen Framework
Like the practical literature review, the scientific literature review is structured on
the renewable hydrogen framework [figure 4.1]. The scientific literature review
focuses on the technologies and drivers for producing hydrogen from renewable electricity, on the hydrogen applications enabling the decarbonisation of the
relevant industry sectors and on the underpinning policy instruments.
To conduct the scientific literature review, the author used three main sources
of information: ScienceDirect®, ResearchGate®, and Google Scholar®. The researcher has used open source and free scientific publications. The research criteria
consisted on:
– The publications that have been issued during 2016 and onward. In some cases,
when little results were yielded, earlier publications were considered.
– The headers of the scientific literature chapter were used as keywords.
Some additional scientific publications have been identified in the list of references of the results yielded from the scientific literature research criteria.
4.1
The Link Between Renewable Energy and Hydrogen
As the share of renewable electricity in the power mix increases, it becomes
increasingly difficult to match the demand with the generation. Moreover, the
construction of solar PV parks and wind farms is usually quicker than the development of the grid infrastructure. Consequently, the grid capacity may have
limitations linked to transmission congestion, constraints on the local network,
and balancing systems limitation. The intermittent nature of the renewable energy
can lead to a back-feeding effect where more energy is produced than consumed.
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part of Springer Nature 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32642-5_4
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Scientific Literature Review
for Establishing the Status
of the Research of the Renewable
Hydrogen Framework
Like the practical literature review, the scientific literature review is structured on
the renewable hydrogen framework [figure 4.1]. The scientific literature review
focuses on the technologies and drivers for producing hydrogen from renewable electricity, on the hydrogen applications enabling the decarbonisation of the
relevant industry sectors and on the underpinning policy instruments.
To conduct the scientific literature review, the author used three main sources
of information: ScienceDirect®, ResearchGate®, and Google Scholar®. The researcher has used open source and free scientific publications. The research criteria
consisted on:
– The publications that have been issued during 2016 and onward. In some cases,
when little results were yielded, earlier publications were considered.
– The headers of the scientific literature chapter were used as keywords.
Some additional scientific publications have been identified in the list of references of the results yielded from the scientific literature research criteria.
4.1
The Link Between Renewable Energy and Hydrogen
As the share of renewable electricity in the power mix increases, it becomes
increasingly difficult to match the demand with the generation. Moreover, the
construction of solar PV parks and wind farms is usually quicker than the development of the grid infrastructure. Consequently, the grid capacity may have
limitations linked to transmission congestion, constraints on the local network,
and balancing systems limitation. The intermittent nature of the renewable energy
can lead to a back-feeding effect where more energy is produced than consumed.
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH,
part of Springer Nature 2021
M. Jaunatre, Renewable Hydrogen, Business Analytics,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32642-5_4
29