Environmental Sustainability of Renewable Methane for Mobility

At a glance

Project leader : Matthias Stucki
Project team : Sarah Wettstein
Project budget : CHF 34'900
Project status : completed
Funding partner : SNSF (Schweizerischer Nationalfond SNF)
Project partner : HSR-IET
Contact person : Matthias Stucki

Description

Within this subproject in the framework of the National Research Programm 70 regarding energy turnaround, an environmental sustainability assessement of power-to-gas (PtG) methane will be conducted by applying life cycle assessment methodology. In the PtG technology, hydrogen and carbon dioxide are converted to methane, using renewable energies preferably. Various scenarios for different electricity mixes, hydrogen and carbon dioxide source, electrolysis efficiency and methanation type will be established. Finally, environmental impacts of PtG vehicles are compared to conventional vehicles fuelled with fossil fuels.

Further information

http://www.nfp70.ch/...

Publications

Stucki, Matthias; Itten, René,

2018.

Power-to-Gas für den Klimaschutz : wie umweltfreundlich ist synthetisches Methan?.

Aqua & Gas.

9, pp. 15-19.
Stucki, Matthias; Wettstein, Sarah,

2018.

Life Cycle Assessment SNG für den Strassenverkehr.

In:

Expertinnen- und Expertengespräche: Power-to-Gas, Rapperswil, 13. Juni 2018.
Wettstein, Sarah; Stucki, Matthias,

2017.

Synthetic Power-to-Gas methane as fuel for transportation : life cycle environmental impacts of the PtG methane supply chain powered by renewable electricity.

In:

Life Cycle Management (LCM) 2017, Luxembourg, 3.-6. September 2017.
Wettstein, Sarah; Itten, René; Stucki, Matthias,

2017.

Environmental impacts of the CO2 methanation value chain : implications on mobility with passenger cars.

In:

66th LCA Discussion Forum: LCA of Mobility Solutions: Approaches and Findings, Zürich, 30. August 2017.

Available from: http://www.lcaforum.ch/portals/0/df66/DF66-13_Itten.pdf
Frischknecht, Rolf; Bauer, Christian; Froemelt, Andreas; Hellweg, Stefanie; Biemann, Kirsten; Buetler, Thomas; Cox, Brian; de Haan, Peter; Hoerl, Sebastian; Itten, René; Jungbluth, Niels; Ligen, Yorick; Mathys, Nicole A.; Schiess, Samuel; Schori, Salome; van Loon, Patricia; Wang, Jing; Wettstein, Sarah,

2017.

LCA of mobility solutions: approaches and findings : 66th LCA forum, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 30 August, 2017 [paper].

In:

66th LCA Discussion Forum: LCA of Mobility Solutions: Approaches and Findings, Zürich, 30. August 2017.

Heidelberg:

Springer.

pp. 381-386.

Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-017-1429-1

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