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LAPSE:2023.23760
Multi-Criteria Examination of Power-to-Gas Pathways under Stochastic Preferences
Sean Walker, Suadd Al-Zakwani, Azadeh Maroufmashat, Michael Fowler, Ali Elkamel
March 27, 2023
Power-to-gas is an energy storage and vector technology which can utilize off-peak power, assist in the integration of renewable power and provide needed fuel for industry and transportation. Further, power-to-gas is a useful technology for balancing surplus baseload and renewable energy generation with demand. There are numerous applications of power-to-gas in Europe, where renewable power is used to generate hydrogen for numerous applications. Examining each of these power-to-gas pathways across quantitative and qualitative criteria, this paper utilizes the stochastic fuzzy analytic hierarchy process to determine criteria weights. These weights are then fed to a multiple criteria decision analysis tool to determine the viability of each pathway for investors and policy makers. A sensitivity analysis is carried out by reprioritizing the criteria and re-evaluating the multiple criteria analysis. The two pathways that score highest under multiple criteria rankings are power-to-gas to mobility-fuel and power-to-gas-to-power, due to their established technologies, lower costs and environmental performance. By extension, both of these power-to-gas pathways are the most appropriate ways for this technology to be implemented, due to their combination of public familiarity, emissions reductions, and developed, available technologies.
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decision making, Energy Storage, fuzzy analytic hierarchy process, imprecise pairwise comparisons, power-to-gas, renewable energy integration
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Walker S, Al-Zakwani S, Maroufmashat A, Fowler M, Elkamel A. Multi-Criteria Examination of Power-to-Gas Pathways under Stochastic Preferences. (2023). LAPSE:2023.23760
Author Affiliations
Walker S: Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688, USA
Al-Zakwani S: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Maroufmashat A: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Fowler M: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Elkamel A: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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Energies
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13
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12
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E3151
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2020
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2020-06-17
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1996-1073
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