Results ¶
This energy system model was used in the publication Flexibility options for enhanced use of electricity from renewable energy sources - A qualitative study on two regions in Germany that was presented at SDEWES 2020 . Below you find links to the results.
Summary and conclusions ¶
The expansion of renewables leads to new economic and social challenges, for example grid congestions and land-use conflicts. This study investigates supply-oriented flexibility options for the electricity system (i.e. battery storages, power-to-heat, demand-side management) and their potential to enhance the integration of renewable energy sources into the energy system. The techno-economic potential is analyzed by using a dispatch optimization energy system model (see Energy system model ), applied to 39 distinct scenarios (see Scenarios ) that cover various combinations of renewable energy penetration, degree of autarkic supply, flexibility options, and restrictions on land-use.
Most importantly, we find
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Enough space is available for required wind and PV installations to serve at least regional demand with RES
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High potential for energy exports, depending on land use restrictions
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Land use restrictions need to be revised for accessing large-scale RES potential
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Climate neutral scenarios can technically work, even with a high degree of autarky by using flexibility options
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Rather small amount of regional demand is served from national grid
Note
The results below show only static graphics, you may download the interactive Jupyter notebooks from Zenodo .
Detailed results (all scenarios) ¶
An overview about most important results for all scenario is presented here .
Single scenarios in detail ¶
Results for each scenario are presented on a separate page. Please click on one of the links below.
- StatusQuo
- NEP_RE-
- NEP_RE-_DSM
- NEP_RE-_DSM+
- NEP_RE-_BAT
- NEP_RE-_BAT+
- NEP_RE-_PTH
- NEP_RE-_PTH+
- NEP_RE-_DSM_BAT_PTH
- NEP_RE-_DSM+_BAT+_PTH+
- NEP_RE-_AUT80_DSM_BAT_PTH
- NEP_RE-_AUT80_DSM+_BAT+_PTH+
- NEP_RE-_AUT90_DSM_BAT_PTH
- NEP_RE-_AUT90_DSM+_BAT+_PTH+
- NEP
- NEP_DSM_BAT_PTH
- NEP_AUT90_DSM_BAT_PTH
- NEP_DSM+_BAT+_PTH+
- NEP_WIND+_DSM_BAT_PTH
- NEP_WIND+_DSM+_BAT+_PTH+
- NEP_PV+_DSM_BAT_PTH
- NEP_PV+_DSM+_BAT+_PTH+
- NEP_RE++_DSM_BAT_PTH
- ISE_RE-
- ISE_RE-_DSM
- ISE_RE-_DSM+
- ISE_RE-_BAT
- ISE_RE-_BAT+
- ISE_RE-_PTH
- ISE_RE-_PTH+
- ISE_RE-_DSM_BAT_PTH
- ISE_RE-_DSM+_BAT+_PTH+
- ISE_RE-_AUT80_DSM_BAT_PTH
- ISE_RE-_AUT80_DSM+_BAT+_PTH+
- ISE_RE-_AUT90_DSM++_BAT++_PTH++
- ISE
- ISE_DSM_BAT_PTH
- ISE_DSM+_BAT+_PTH+
- ISE_RE++_DSM_BAT_PTH