Renewable Energy Systems : A Smart Energy Systems Approach to the Choice and Modeling of Fully Decarbonized Societies / Henrik Lund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lund, Henrik, 1956- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Renewable energy sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Academic Press, [2024]

Summary:

In this new edition of Renewable Energy Systems: A Smart Energy Systems Approach to the Choice and Modeling of Fully Decarbonized Societies, globally recognized renewable energy researcher and professor, Henrik Lund, sets forth a straightforward, comprehensive methodology for comparing different energy systems' abilities to integrate fluctuating.

Contents:

Intro

Renewable Energy Systems: A Smart Energy Systems Approach to the Choice and Modeling of Fully Decarbonized Societies

Copyright

Contents

About the contributors

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

1. Book contents and structure

2. Definitions

Choice Awareness

Radical technological change

Applied and concrete economics

Renewable energy

Renewable energy systems

Smart energy systems

3. Renewable versus sustainable

Sustainable energy

Political reasons for renewable energy

Renewable energy and democracy

Chapter 2: Choice Awareness theses

1. Choice and change

Choice/no choice at the individual level

Choice/no choice at the societal level

2. Choice perception and elimination

Choice perception

Choice-eliminating mechanisms

The first Choice Awareness thesis

3. Raising Choice Awareness

The second Choice Awareness thesis

Chapter 3: Choice Awareness strategies

1. Technical alternatives

2. Economic feasibility studies

3. Public regulation

4. Democratic infrastructure

5. Research methodology

Chapter 4: The EnergyPLAN energy system analysis model

1. Overall considerations

The two major challenges of 100percent renewable energy systems and fully decarbonized societies

Three implementation phases

Different types of energy system analysis models

Hourly simulation models at the national level

2. The EnergyPLAN model

Purpose and application

Energy systems analysis structure

Validation of model

Energy system analysis methodology

A step-by-step approach to national energy systems analysis

Sister models to EnergyPLAN

3. Reflections

Chapter 5: Large-scale integration of renewable energy

1. The Danish reference energy system.

Electrification of transportation scenario

2. Excess electricity diagramsb

3. Optimal combinations of RESc

4. Flexible energy systemsd

Flexible energy system

Flexible energy systems including electricity for transportation

5. Different energy systemse

6. Grid stabilityf

7. Local energy marketsg

8. Integration of transportationh

9. Electric vehicles and V2Gj

10. Electricity storage optionsk

11. Reflections

Principles and methodologies

12. Conclusions and recommendations

Chapter 6: Smart energy systems and infrastructures

1. Theory and definitionsa

Smart electricity grid

Smart thermal grids (district heating and cooling)

Smart gas grids

Smart energy systems theory and tools

2. The role of district heatingb

3. Economic crisis and infrastructure investmentsc

4. Zero energy buildings and smart gridsd

5. Future power plants and smart energy systemse

6. Renewable energy transportation fuel pathwaysf

Direct electrification

Fermentation

Bioenergy hydrogenation

Co-electrolysis

Comparison

7. Reflections

Theory, tool and methodologies

8. Conclusions and recommendations

Chapter 7: 100 percent renewable energy systems

1. The first approach to coherent renewable energy systemsa

2. The Danish Society of Engineers energy planb

The IDA Climate Plan

3. The CEESA coherent 100percent renewable energy scenarioc

Transportation fuel pathway

Primary energy and biomass resources

Smart energy systems and cross-sector integration

Cost and job estimates based on concrete institutional economics

4. Smart energy Aalborgd

Methodology and guidelines

The Smart Energy Aalborg 100percent RES scenario

5. The potential of renewable energy systems in Chinae

6. Reflections

Principles and methodologies.

7. Conclusions and recommendations

Chapter 8: Carbon neutral societies and smart energy systems

1. Smart energy systems in the context of a carbon neutral societya

Overall governing guidelines

The Smart Energy Denmark 2045 scenario

The context of a carbon neutral society

Cost assessment

2. Sustainable bioenergy in a carbon neutral societyb

Sustainable bioenergy scenario

Bioenergy and CCUS in a carbon neutral society

3. Energy for transportation in a carbon neutral societyc

The TransportPLAN tool and methodology

A transportation decarbonization scenario

4. Electricity balancing and grid stabilization

Balancing electricity demand and supply

Voltage and frequency control

5. A smart energy systems approach to a carbon neutral Europed

Recreating ``A Clean Planet for All´´ scenarios in EnergyPLAN

Smart Energy Europe scenario

Comparing results

7. Conclusions and recommendations

Chapter 9: Choice Awareness cases

1. Case I: Nordkraft power station (1982-1983)

The ``no alternative´´ situation

The concrete alternative proposal

Conclusions and reflections

2. Case II: Aalborg heat planning (1984-1987)

The alternatives in question

Choice-eliminating strategies

3. Case III: The evaluation of biogas (1990-1992)

The applied neoclassical cost-benefit analysis

Feasibility study based on concrete institutional economics

4. Case IV: Nordjyllandsværket (1991-1994)

The no alternative situation

The alternative proposal

Discussion of the alternative

5. Case V: The transmission line case (1992-1996)

Shifting arguments for the need

Security of supply.

Concrete technical alternatives

6. Case VI: European environmental impact assessment procedures (1993-1997)aa

Implementation of the EIA principles in Denmark

Example 1: Nordjyllandsværket

Example 2: High-voltage transmission lines

Example 3: Avedøreværket

7. Case VII: The German Lausitz case (1993-1994)ab

The alternative

8. Case VIII: The Green Energy Plan (1996)ad

The design of the concrete technical alternative

Evaluation and comparisons

9. Case IX: The Thai power station case (1999)ae

The Hin Krut power station in Prachuap Khiri Khan

Official economic objectives for Thailand

The design of a concrete technical alternative

Comparative feasibility study

10. Case X: The economic council case (2002-2003)

Missing capacity benefits (unfair premises)

Balance of payment, employment, and technological innovation

11. Case XI: The Ida Energy Plan 2030 (2006-2007)

12. Summary

Existing organizations initiate old technology proposals

Objectives of radical technological change are disregarded

Alternatives must come from someone else

Institutional change is essential

Applied neoclassical economics provide irrelevant information

Concrete institutional economics provide relevant information

Concrete alternatives raise Choice Awareness

Concrete alternatives help identify institutional barriers

13. Conclusions

Chapter 10: Conclusions and recommendations

1. Choice Awareness

2. Renewable energy systems

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

0-443-14136-3

OCLC:

1422230808