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Shale-gas wells as virtual storage for supporting intermittent renewables

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  • Knudsen, Brage Rugstad
  • Foss, Bjarne

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Mature shale-gas wells possess a property that enables cyclic production and shut-in without incurring revenue losses. Based on this property, we suggest that fields with mature shale-gas wells may act as virtual gas storage for supplying fast-ramping gas power plants which balance intermittent renewable generation. By enabling gas supply to power plants to circumvent intermediate third-party storage, we argue that the proposed integration facilitates demand-driven gas production, and discuss how the scheme may support utilization of renewables and reduce supply-related greenhouse-gas emissions in electricity generation.

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  • Knudsen, Brage Rugstad & Foss, Bjarne, 2017. "Shale-gas wells as virtual storage for supporting intermittent renewables," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 102(C), pages 142-144.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enepol:v:102:y:2017:i:c:p:142-144
    DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.12.020
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