IncreasingElectricPowerSystemFlexibilityTheRoleofIndusTRIalelecTRIfIcaTIonandGReenhydRoGenPRoducTIonAReportoftheEnergySystemsIntegrationGroup’sFlexibilityResourcesTaskForceJanuary2022ESEnErgySyStEmSIntEgratIongroupindustrialElEctrificationandGrEEnHydroGEnProductionEnErgySyStEmSIntEgratIongroupiiESENERGYSYSTEMSINTEGRATIONGROUPAboutESIGTheEnergySystemsIntegrationGroupisanonprofitorganizationthatmarshalstheexpertiseoftheelectricityindustry’stechnicalcommunitytosupportgridtransformationandenergysystemsintegrationandoperation.Moreinformationisavailableathttps://www.esig.energy.ESIGPublicationsAvailableOnlineThisreportisavailableathttps://www.esig.energy/reports-briefs.GetinTouchTolearnmoreaboutthetopicsdiscussedinthisreportorformoreinformationabouttheEnergySystemsIntegrationGroup,pleasesendanemailtoinfo@esig.energy.industrialElEctrificationandGrEEnHydroGEnProductionEnErgySyStEmSIntEgratIongroupiiiPreparedbyAidanTuohy,ElectricPowerResearchInstituteNiallMacDowell,ImperialCollegeLondonTaskForceMembersWilliamD’haeseleer,KULeuvenElizabethEndler,ShellAnthonyKu,NICEAmericaResearchNiallMacDowell,ImperialCollegeLondonPierluigiMancarella,UniversityofMelbourneJuliaMatevosyan,EnergySystemsIntegrationGroupTobyPrice,AustralianElectricityMarketOperatorAidanTuohy,ElectricPowerResearchInstituteSuggestedCitationFlexibilityResourcesTaskForce.2022.IncreasingElectricPowerSystemFlexibility:TheRoleofIndustrialElectrificationandGreenHydrogenProduction.Reston,VA:EnergySystemsIntegrationGroup.https://www.esig.energy/reports-briefs.ThisworkwassupportedbyfundsfromtheAmericanCouncilonRenewableEnergy(ACORE).ThetaskforcewouldliketoacknowledgethevaluableinputandsupportofKarinMatchettinpreparingthisreport.Design:DavidGerratt/NonprofitDesign.com©2022EnergySystemsIntegrationGroupIncreasingElectricPowerSystemFlexibility:TheRoleofIndustrialElectrificationandGreenHydrogenProductionAReportoftheFlexibilityResourcesTaskForceoftheEnergySystemsIntegrationGroupindustrialElEctrificationandGrEEnHydroGEnProductionEnErgySyStEmSIntEgratIongroupivContents1EvolvingReliabilityNeedsforaDecarbonizedGrid1ACriticalNeedforNewSourcesofFlexibility2ServicesProvidedbyIndustrialElectrificationandElectrolyticHydrogenProductiontotheElectricitySystem3IndustrialElectrificationandElectricPowerSystemFlexibility3ElectricityUseinIndustryToday3PathwaysforContributionofEIIstoDecarbonization8ProvisionofFlexibilityfromEnergy-IntensiveIndustries8IncreasedDemandasaResultofIncreasedElectrificationofIndustry9ProvisionofDemandResponseviaIndustrialLoads10ProvisionofGridServices11BarrierstotheProvisionofFlexibilitybyNewlyElectrifiedLoads12RoleofHydrogenProductioninGridDecarbonizationandFlexibility13PotentialApplicationsofHydrogeninthePowerSystem14ConsiderationsforObtainingFlexibilityfromGreenHydrogeninaFutureHigh-RenewablesGrid17ProvisionofGridServices21AdvancesNeededinSystemPlanning,Operations,andMarketDesign24ReferencesindustrialElEctrificationandGrEEnHydroGEnProductionEnErgySyStEmSIntEgratIongroup1EvolvingReliabilityNeedsforaDecarbonizedGridAselectricpowersystemscontinuetodecarbonizeandlevelsofrenewableenergycontinuetorise,sourcesofsystemflexibilitywillbecomeincreas-inglyimportant.Asflexibilityfromtraditionalresourcesmaybereducedwiththeretirementofconventionalcoal-andnaturalgas–firedgeneration,othersourcessuchasdemand-sideflexibilitywillbecomemuc...