Reversing the fuel-electricity system provides for complete fossil fuel replacement and a stable grid
Kapitel i bok, 2025

As the total cost of renewable electricity falls lower than the price of fossil fuel, electricity can not only be used to replace fossil fuels using batteries in vehicles; electricity can be used to produce fuels. This makes it possible to replace fuels in sectors not easily directly electrified. It also provides new ways of balancing the electricity system. When renewable electricity is cheap a lot of fuel can be produced (electro-fuels). When electricity gets more expensive than fuels, fuel production will stop. In rare, extrem situations, such fuels may even be used to produce electricity.

variable electricity production

batteries

fossil fuel substitution

renewable electricity

Renewable Energy

hydrogen

expensive fossil fuels

electro-fuels

learning curves

Författare

Tomas Kåberger

Chalmers, Teknikens ekonomi och organisation, Environmental Systems Analysis

The Oxford Handbook on the Greening of Economic Development

146-151
9780198883487 (ISBN)

Drivkrafter

Hållbar utveckling

Innovation och entreprenörskap

Styrkeområden

Energi

Ämneskategorier (SSIF 2011)

Ekonomi och näringsliv

Elektroteknik och elektronik

DOI

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198883487.013.9

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Senast uppdaterat

2025-10-03