Concept of heat and power supply of hydrogen microdistrict

The ever-growing demand for energy in remote areas and hard-to-reach territories requires sustainable and reliable solutions for electricity and heat supply. Currently, there is a partial transition to decentralized energy production, which allows creating local intelligent energy systems. These systems are located in close proximity to consumption nodes, which increases the reliability of energy supply. The hybrid system presented in the study includes a gas turbine, wind turbines, solar panels, a fuel cell, and an electrolyzer. The system effectively converts excess wind and solar energy into hydrogen in off-peak modes of operation and uses the resulting hydrogen in a gas turbine and a fuel cell during periods of demand. The aim of the study is to develop a concept for creating a hydrogen microdistrict through the effective use of hydrogen technologies in the production of electricity as part of hybrid systems. The paper considers the strategy of electricity and heat supply for a microdistrict with a population of about 6000 people. The strategies of electricity and heat supply are presented taking into account real actual energy consumption indicators (hourly load schedules). The presented concept of developing hybrid technologies during implementation considers the use of Russian equipment. The presence of manufacturing plants producing the full range of equipment for creating hybrid systems allows not only the implementation of pilot projects for microdistricts, but also the development of a long-term program for the creation of such microdistricts in remote areas of the Russian Federation.