Energy Infrastructure for Decarbonizing Other Energy Sectors Through Renewable Electricity - A Spatio-Temporal Analysis from Useful Energy Demand to Renewable Energy Supply of Sector Coupling Pathways Based on the German Case
Kockel, Christina; Nolting, Lars; Priesmann, Jan; Praktiknjo, Aaron | October 2020
Abstract
While progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions is notable in the power sector, other sectors such as transportation and often heating are lagging behind. A strategy to propagate greenhouse gas emission reductions from the power sector to other sectors is so-called “sector coupling.” Against this backdrop, we ask the following two questions: (1) To what extent does demand for (useful and final) energy match the supply of renewable energy sources in the dimensions of time and space? (2) What impacts of sector coupling pathways on future infrastructure requirements can be derived from applying spatiotemporal analyses? For our analyses, we assume a scenario with 95% greenhouse gas emission reductions for Germany as a case study as targeted by the government for 2050. We choose a consumer-driven approach, analyzing the energy value chain backwards from consumption to supply for the different sector coupling technologies. From useful energy consumption, we derive final energy demand patterns in high temporal and regional resolution and evaluate implications for different strategies of renewable energy expansion. The key contributions of our study are twofold: First, we introduce a generalizable and transferable consumer-driven analysis in high temporal and regional resolution for energy systems with high degrees of sector coupling and derive implications for the energy infrastructure. Second, we provide policy recommendations from our results regarding effective and efficient strategies for the integration of renewable energy sources into present energy systems.
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Kockel, Christina; Nolting, Lars; Priesmann, Jan; Praktiknjo, Aaron. 2020. Energy Infrastructure for Decarbonizing Other Energy Sectors Through Renewable Electricity - A Spatio-Temporal Analysis from Useful Energy Demand to Renewable Energy Supply of Sector Coupling Pathways Based on the German Case. © Asian Development Bank Institute. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/12703. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Keywords
Industrial Energy Consumption
Alternative energy
Alternative energy development
Household Energy Consumption
Renewable Energy
Evaluation
Alternative energy
Energy Technology
Stockpiling
Environmental Sustainability
Work Environment
Urban Environment
Social Environment
Regulatory Environments
International Environmental Relations
Institutional Environment Assessment
Global Environment
Environmental Sustainability
Environmental Strategy
Environmental Services
Environmental Resources
Environmental Management and Planning
Environmental Issues
Environmental Guidelines
Environmental Effects
Environment and Pollution Prevention
Climate change
Energy efficiency
Energy Pricing Policy
Energy Supply
Primary Energy Supply
Development Indicators
Alternative energy program
Alternative energy technology
Domestic Energy
Energy Demand
Energy Prices
Energy
Energy planning
Land Development
Forestry Development
Fishery Development
Environmental Statistics
Environmental Planning
Environmental Management
Environmental Education
Environmental Capacity
Pollution Control
Nature Protection
Environmental Conservation
Power resource
Electric power
Energy development
Renewable energy resource
Energy assistance
Energy tax credit
Carbon tax
Electric power consumption
Cost effectiveness
Supply and demand
Prices
Energy resource
Energy consumption
Price Indexes
Infrastructure
Green technology
Electric power
Renewable energy source
Energy development
Renewable energy resource
Energy conservation
Energy policy
Carbon emissions
Carbon markets
Carbon dioxide mitigation
Ecological risk assessment
Air quality indexes
Ecological risk assessment
Environmental impact evaluation
Analysis of environmental impact
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