Green Ammonia. November 2017 Ian Wilkinson

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1 Green Ammonia Ian Wilkinson siemens.com

2 The Role of "Green" Ammonia in arbonising Energy Systems Why I think ammonia has a role to play the technical argument; How ammonia can play a role the economic argument; Practical demonstration: ammonia synthesis and energy storage system demonstrator. Seite 2

3 The scale of the task to decarbonise is considerable... Great Britain s Energy Vectors in GWh per day 4500 GWh 4000 GWh 3500 GWh Electricity demand = INDO + embedded generation GWh per day 3000 GWh 2500 GWh 2000 GWh 1500 GWh 1000 GWh 500 GWh 0 GWh 30 GWh Seite 3 Data are from National Grid, Elexon and BEIS. Charts are licensed under an Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license Charts can be downloaded from by Dr Grant Wilson grant.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk Graphs are the work of Dr. Grant Wilson at the University of Sheffield, reproduced with permission.

4 The scale of the task to decarbonise is considerable... Great Britain s Energy Vectors in GWh per day 4500 GWh 4000 GWh GWh per day 3500 GWh 3000 GWh 2500 GWh 2000 GWh 1500 GWh Transport fuel = DERV (Diesel) 1000 GWh 500 GWh 0 GWh 30 GWh Seite 4 Data are from National Grid, Elexon and BEIS. Charts are licensed under an Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license Charts can be downloaded from by Dr Grant Wilson grant.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk Graphs are the work of Dr. Grant Wilson at the University of Sheffield, reproduced with permission.

5 The scale of the task to decarbonise is considerable... Great Britain s Energy Vectors in GWh per day 4500 GWh 4000 GWh GWh per day 3500 GWh 3000 GWh 2500 GWh 2000 GWh 1500 GWh Transport fuel = Motor Spirit (Petrol) 1000 GWh 500 GWh 0 GWh 30 GWh Seite 5 Data are from National Grid, Elexon and BEIS. Charts are licensed under an Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license Charts can be downloaded from by Dr Grant Wilson grant.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk Graphs are the work of Dr. Grant Wilson at the University of Sheffield, reproduced with permission.

6 The scale of the task to decarbonise is considerable... Great Britain s Energy Vectors in GWh per day 4500 GWh 4000 GWh GWh per day 3500 GWh 3000 GWh 2500 GWh 2000 GWh 1500 GWh Electricity from Non PS Hydro + Wind + Solar 1000 GWh 500 GWh 0 GWh 30 GWh Seite 6 Data are from National Grid, Elexon and BEIS. Charts are licensed under an Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license Charts can be downloaded from by Dr Grant Wilson grant.wilson@sheffield.ac.uk Graphs are the work of Dr. Grant Wilson at the University of Sheffield, reproduced with permission.

7 Addressing energy storage needs will require a range of technologies Storage time Seconds Minutes Hours Days Weeks Batteries Aquion NaS, Lead Acid NaNiCl Li-Ion Flow- Batteries Chemicals: Methane / Hydrogen / Ammonia Thermo-mechanical storage ETES 1) CAES 2) ACAES 3) Flywheel storage (< 1MW Flywheel, up to 100 MW Turbines) Super capacitor Pumped Hydro Technology Chemical Thermal Electrochemical Mechanical Electrical Maturity Concept phase Demonstration Early commercial Commercial 1 kw 100 kw 1 MW 10 MW 100 MW 1,000 MW Power 1) Restricted Siemens Electro-Thermal AG 2017 Energy Storage 2) Compressed Air Energy Storage Seite 7 3) Adiabatic Compressed Air Energy Storage

8 Several potential markets exist for Green Ammonia: it is a carbon-free flexible asset Generation Synthesis Use Hydrogen Storage Transport Fuel for Fuel Cell Vehicles Reducing product value Solar Power Electrolysis Ammonia Cracking Wind Power Grid Air aration Unit N 2 DSR / Grid balancing services Agile Ammonia Synthesis Ammonia Shipment Ammonia Storage Feedstock (Fertiliser or other Industry) Gas Turbine Power Generation Seite 8

9 Electrolyser CAPEX costs - An EU study Source: Development of Water Electrolysis in the European Union, E4tech Sàrl with Element Energy Ltd for the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking ruary 2014 Seite 9 With acknowledgements to Thomas Wasser, Siemens AG.

10 Low Bids for Solar PV Source: With acknowledgements to Thomas Wasser, Siemens AG. Seite 10

11 Green Ammonia production cost estimate 200 MW plant BEIS Low LCOE estimates BEIS Central LCOE estimates Electricity price has been calculated using 90 GBP/MWh and a 50% ammonia-to-electricity conversion efficiency Commodity price Control plant Variables held constant: Electricity price Source: "Islanded power-to-ammonia production process: Key variables and their sensitivity ; R. Banares-Alcantara, R. Nayak-Luke, I. Wilkinson; Submitted to Computers & Chemical Engineering ober 2017 with manuscript number CACE-D Seite 11

12 Green Ammonia production cost estimate 200 MW plant BEIS Low LCOE estimates BEIS Central LCOE estimates FCEV Hydrogen price at 10/kg Electricity price has been calculated using 90 GBP/MWh and a 50% ammonia-to-electricity conversion efficiency FCEV Hydrogen price at 5/kg Commodity price Control plant Variables held constant: Electricity price Source: "Islanded power-to-ammonia production process: Key variables and their sensitivity ; R. Banares-Alcantara, R. Nayak-Luke, I. Wilkinson; Submitted to Computers & Chemical Engineering ober 2017 with manuscript number CACE-D Seite 12

13 Several potential markets exist for Green Ammonia: it is a carbon-free flexible asset Generation Synthesis Use Hydrogen Storage Transport Fuel for Fuel Cell Vehicles Reducing product value Solar Power Electrolysis Ammonia Cracking Wind Power Grid Air aration Unit N 2 DSR / Grid balancing services Agile Ammonia Synthesis Ammonia Shipment Ammonia Storage Feedstock (Fertiliser or other Industry) Gas Turbine Power Generation Seite 13

14 The Green Ammonia Demonstrator will show the complete cycle of renewable power, storage as ammonia, and conversion back to electricity Seite 14

15 The main components of the Green Ammonia energy storage system demonstrator are: wind turbine, N 2 generator, H 2 electrolyser, ammonia reactor, and an internal combustion engine NH 3 H-B Reactor (Bespoke) Seite 15

16 Test site, Combustion and Synthesis Containers Seite 16

17 The demonstrator will be used to explore 4 development areas and provide a platform for future development work Haber-Bosch synthesis catalyst Ammonia combustion studies Energy management system Control system Seite 17

18 Thank you for your attention! Dr. Ian Wilkinson REE siemens.com Seite 18

19 For further information, see Seite 19