Power-to-X in Denmark: An Analysis of Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

Iva Ridjan Skov, Noémi Schneider, Gerald Schweiger, Josef-Peter Schöggl and Alfred Posch
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Iva Ridjan Skov: Department of Planning, Aalborg University, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark
Noémi Schneider: Department of Planning, Aalborg University, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark
Gerald Schweiger: Institute of Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria
Josef-Peter Schöggl: Christian Doppler Laboratory for Sustainable Product Management, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria
Alfred Posch: Institute of Systems Sciences, Innovation and Sustainability Research, University of Graz, 8010 Graz, Austria

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: Power-to-X is an upcoming sector-coupling technology that can play a role in the decarbonisation of energy systems. The aim of this study was to widen the current knowledge of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) of this innovative technology in the Danish context by utilizing the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) to evaluate and compare perception of academic and industrial experts. The results of this analysis indicate that the external factors such as current policy framework are more important than the internal technology related factors. Further, positive factors predominate negative ones, with academic experts indicating strengths as the most important category and practitioners’ opportunities. All experts consider the country being a P2X knowledge hub as one of the most important factors, and in the given context of the Danish energy system, wind developments and Danish industrial environment, seizing this opportunity could be the biggest enabler for P2X success.

Keywords: Power-to-X; SWOT-AHP; P2X; electrofuel (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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