Impact of Electrolysis on the Connection of Distributed Generation

Abstract The rapid increase in renewable generation will necessitate significant electricity network reinforcement or generation curtailment unless alternative approaches can be found to bypass electricity network constraints. This paper describes the problems of integrating further distributed generation to an electricity distribution network and demonstrates the effectiveness of using electrolysis to alleviate these problems. Power flow analysis was used to run half hourly simulations over the period of one year. This analysis focuses on network thermal limits and network voltage limits. Four case studies were considered with different levels of generation and control strategies for the distributed energy resources connected to the network.