Fuels and Electricity
Researchers: Christopher Yang, Ryan McCarthy
Overview
Transportation fuels and the electricity sector will converge because of a number of important factors:- Increasing electrification of advanced vehicle drivetrains (including plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs), and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs))
- Efforts to utilize non-petroleum resources, which are used by electric generators
- Attempts to address the challenge of reducing carbon emissions in an integrated manner
Projects
The effects of advanced transportation energy pathways on the electricity grid - This project uses a grid dispatch model to investigate the emissions implications of several fuel pathways on the California grid.- Carbon Emissions and Grid Impacts of of Using Electricity to Charge PHEVs in California - Presentation at the Plugin 2008 conference in San Jose, California.
Understanding hydrogen and electricity - This paper presents many issues related to how a future hydrogen infrastructure would be interact with and converge with the electricity system.
- Hydrogen and Electricity: Parallels, interactions and convergence - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. In Press
Donald Gautier, USGS geologist, presents on petroleum in the arctic