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Reversing the Fuel-Electricity System Provides for Complete Fossil Fuel Replacement and a Stable Grid

Kåberger, Tomas LU (2025) p.146-151
Abstract

As the total cost of renewable electricity falls lower than the price of fossil fuel, not only can electricity be used to replace fossil fuels using batteries in vehicles but it can also be used to produce fuels. This makes it possible to replace fuels in sectors not easily directly electrified. It also provides new ways of balancing the electricity system. When renewable electricity is cheap a lot of fuel can be produced (electro-fuels). When electricity gets more expensive than fuels, fuel production will stop. In rare, extreme situations, such fuels may even be used to produce electricity.

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subject
keywords
Electro-fuels, Expensive fossil fuels, Fossil fuel substitution, Learning curves, Renewable electricity
host publication
Reversing the Fuel-Electricity System Provides for Complete Fossil Fuel Replacement and a Stable Grid
pages
6 pages
publisher
Oxford University Press
external identifiers
  • scopus:105015031369
ISBN
9780198883487
9780191991776
DOI
10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198883487.013.9
language
English
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yes
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915641e9-86e6-4076-b7d8-88823d202770
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2025-11-14 14:21:42
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2025-11-14 14:22:51
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