Power-to-gas plants and their role in the electricity balancing market

This LAP is concerned with the status of, and legal coverage for, Power to Gas systems operating to provide ancillary services and specifically for demand side load balancing services

Glossary:

Balancing and Ancillary Services Markets. Balancing refers to the situation after markets have closed (gate closure) in which a TSO acts to ensure that demand is equal to supply, in and near real time.
An important aspect of balancing is the approach to procuring ancillary services.

select country:

Is it a barrier?

Yes

Type of Barrier

Operational barriers

Assessment Severity

Questions:

Question 1 Are electrolysers able to participate in the 3 ancillary services? If yes, please specify.

This topic has to be confirmed. The electrolyser can offer the following services: – “peak–shawing” : the electrolyser can be operated continuously and be disconnected when the electricity demand on the grid is high; – “load levelling”: the electrolyser can be operated when the electricity demand is very low and the production on the grid very high (fo examples when there are much renewable electricity available);

National legislation:

There is no specific specific national regulation applicable for these cases for the electrolyser.. The services for load levelling for example have to negotiated by a specific contract with the electricity provider.

EU Legislation:

Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency
This Directive establishes a common framework of measures for the promotion of energy efficiency within the Union in order to ensure the achievement of the Union’s 2020 20 % headline target on energy efficiency and to pave the way for further energy efficiency improvements beyond that date.

It lays down rules designed to remove barriers in the energy market and overcome market failures that impede efficiency in the supply and use of energy and provides for the establishment of indicative national energy efficiency targets for 2020.
Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/2195 establishing a guideline on electricity balancing
This Regulation lays down a detailed guideline on electricity balancing including the establishment of common principles for the procurement and the settlement of frequency containment reserves, frequency restoration reserves and replacement reserves and a common methodology for the activation of frequency restoration reserves and replacement reserves.