Levelized cost curves for waste options and electricity storage in 2050 Resistive boiler Resistive (< 5 MW) boiler (< 5 MW) Curtailment
Electrode Electrode (>10 MW) boiler (>10 MW) Waste heatboiler
Domestic boiler Domestic (< 10 hydro kW) boiler (< 10 kW) Pumped
Reference Reference heat price heat Reference price price electricity
€ 100
€ 80
Levelized cost [EUR/MWh]
€ 80
€ 60
€ 40
€ 20
€ 60
€ 40
€ 20
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- € 20 0
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
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8,000
Operating hours [hours]
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Figure 8 - Results of the levelized cost calculations for storage and waste options29
-€ 20
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5000 6000
Electrode Electrode (>10 MW) MW) boiler (>10 MW) Electrode boiler boiler (>10
Domestic boiler Domestic (< 10 kW) boiler 10 kW) Domestic boiler(< (<10 kW)
Reference Reference heat Reference price price heat price heat
€ 100
6000 7000
Levelized cost Operating curves for electricity-to-heat hours Operating [hours] hours [hours]options 2050
Resistive boiler Resistive (< 5 MW) boiler 5 MW) MW) Resistive boiler (< (<5
7000 8000
8000
Heat HeatkW), kW), pump (<10 kW), Heat pump pump (<10 (<10 hot storage hot water storage hot water water storage
€ 100
Levelized cost [EUR/MWh]
Levelized cost of heat [EUR/MWh]
Levelized cost of heat [EUR/MWh]
€ 100
Heat (<10 Heat kW), pump (<10 kW), Li-ionpump storage battery hot water storage hot water storage
€ 80
€ 60
€ 40
€ 80 € 60 € 40 € 20 €0 - € 20 0
€ 20
€0
-€ 20
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
Operating hours [hours] Figure 9 - Results of the levelized cost calculations for electricity-to-heat options29
Hydrogen in the electricity value chain ENERGY 23
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