Smart Energy Europe: The technical and economic impact of one potential 100% renewable energy scenario for the European Union

By D. Connolly, Henrik Lund, Brian Vad Mathiesen. 2016

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Subfields: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

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Internet of Things (IoT) and the Energy Sector (2020, background): “Different studies have shown that a non-fossil energy system is almost impossible without efﬁcient use of energy and/or reduction of energy demand, and a high level integration of RESs, both at a country level [11], regional [12], or globally [13].”
Synergies of sector coupling and transmission reinforcement in a cost-optimised, highly renewable European energy system (2018, methodology): “Similar levels of optimal retrofitting have also been seen in other studies [28, 36].”
Status and perspectives on 100% renewable energy systems (2019, background): “Some studies indicate that demand side reductions are vital for transitioning to 100% RE systems in all sectors while remaining within sustainable resource limits [141,220].”
Recent advances in solid oxide cell technology for electrolysis (2020, background): “On a European 45 scale, analyses show that 1600 GW electrolysis and 7500 TWh of chemical storage may be needed to completely de-carbonize heavy duty transport such as trucks, ships and planes (2).”
The sector coupling concept: A critical review (2021, background): “These concepts can be found in literature under several terms, such as multi-energy system, integrated energy system, or smart energy system (SES) (Connolly et al., 2016; Lund, Mathiesen, et al., 2014; Witkowski et al., 2020).”
Powering Europe with North Sea offshore wind: The impact of hydrogen investments on grid infrastructure and power prices (2022, background): “the heating market have reported a significant value to the adoption of renewable generators [47, 48], and a significant reduction in curtailment of renewable generation [49].”
Classification and challenges of bottom-up energy system models - A review (2020, methodology): “[136] demonstrated how using a SES approach a 100% energy system based on renewables in Europe is technically feasible.”
The benefits of cooperation in a highly renewable European electricity network (2017, background): “Denmark [17, 18], Germany [19, 20, 21], and Ireland [22]) or considered the whole of Europe but without optimising international cooperation [23].”
On the History and Future of 100% Renewable Energy Systems Research (2022, background): “charging or delivering energy back to the electricity grid via vehicle-to-grid [181], [280]–[282]; storage [40]–[43], [46], [83], [140], [142], such as stationary batteries; sector coupling [16], [39], [90]–[92], [97], [132], [216], e.”
The status of 4th generation district heating: Research and results (2018, background): “Analyses of energy systems in Europe [43,51,60–62, In the study Heat Roadmap Europe [53], a strategy of DH is introduced in which district heating and individual heat pumps elsewhere are combined with heat savings of 50%.”
Response to ‘Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems’ (2017, background): “(Britain is tricky because it is not synchronous with the rest of Europe and can suffer small signal angular instability between England and Scotland.)”
European electricity sector decarbonization under different levels of foresight (2019, background): “A significant share of the necessary storage capacity could be provided through sector coupling [8] which is not included in this modeling approach.”