Analysis of renewable energy integration in the hydrocarbon industry
摘要
The hydrocarbon industry is the inseparable part of the world energy system, as well as a significant contributor to the greenhouse gas emissions in the upstream, midstream, and downstream processes. The growing energy needs, the deterioration of the quality of resources, and the strictness of the climate policy force the need to create efficient decarbonization roads without harming the energy security. Although previous literature usually considers single mitigation initiatives separately, this review presents a full-value chain approach in terms of combining renewable and low-carbon technologies into hydrocarbon processes. It is a systematic analysis of the source of emissions and estimates the technical, economic, and operational limitations of implementing solar thermal and photovoltaic systems, wind power, geothermal power, renewable hydrogen, carbon capture technologies, and hybrid energy systems. One of the major contributions is creation of segment-specific integration framework that coordinates emission drivers to appropriate technology portfolios and conditions of implementation. As it is observed in the analysis, hybrid schemes involving renewable energy, electrification, efficiency measures, and carbon management represent the most feasible way to achieve deep reductions in emissions. In policy terms, the review will highlight areas of priority intervention and infrastructure needs and to the industry stakeholders should provide decision-relevant information about the suitability of technology, the cost aspect, and even operational reliability. Through the integration of fragmented evidence into a cohesive structure, this piece of work makes progress in the direction of how the hydrocarbon systems can become low-carbon functioning systems without losing productivity and resilience.