Analysing the regional potential and social acceptance of power-to-gas in the context of decentralized co-generation in Baden-Württemberg

Abstract Sustainable but fluctuating renewable energy sources require new storage technologies to ensure a stable energy supply. One long-term storage technology that exploits the existing gas infrastructure is Power-to-Gas (PtG). The techno-economic and social challenges of this technology have been addressed in a large, interdisciplinary research project in Baden-Wurttemberg (south west Germany), whose results are presented in this paper.

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