Electrification of transport and residential heating sectors in support of renewable penetration: Scenarios for the Italian energy system

Bellocchi, Sara; Manno, Michele; Noussan, Michel; Prina, Matteo Giacomo; Vellini, Michela

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2020.117062

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“…About one-seventh of the world population has no access to electricity, and solving the electricity problem is an important challenge for current energy consumption strategies. In the context of current energy consumption and environmental protection, the problem of electricity demand in the residential sector needs to be addressed by renewable energy development [ 45 ].…”

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Evolution of Renewable Energy in BRI Countries: A Combined Econometric and Decomposition Approach

Dong

Pan

2020

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The development of renewable energy is an important cooperation theme among countries along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI countries). Through map description, we first explore the changes in renewable energy consumption in BRI countries. Then, β-convergence is employed to examine the development direction of renewable energy consumption in BRI countries. Finally, based on the expanded Kaya equation, we decompose the factors effecting renewable energy consumption into energy structure effect, energy intensity effect, low-carbon economic effect, carbon emission effect, population distribution effect and population effect. The Logarithmic Mean Divisia Index (LMDI) is utilized to calculate the contribution of each factor to renewable energy consumption in the expanded Kaya equation. Our research reaches the following conclusions: (1) β-convergence exists in renewable energy consumption among BRI countries, indicating that it will converge to a relatively stable level, and countries with low renewable energy consumption will increase their renewable energy consumption with a higher convergence rate to chase the countries with high renewable energy consumption. (2) Energy structure effect makes a positive impact on renewable energy consumption, and is the main contributor to renewable energy consumption. (3) The energy intensity effect makes a negative contribution to renewable energy consumption, and the negative impact has deepened in recent years. (4) Both the low-carbon economic effect and the carbon emission effect have positive impacts on renewable energy consumption. Our research not only provides a description of the experience of developing renewable energy for BRI countries, but also makes reference to other organizations.

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Evolution of Renewable Energy in BRI Countries: A Combined Econometric and Decomposition Approach

Dong

Pan

2020

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“…Balezentis et al [32] also found, utilizing a questionnaire survey, a high willingness to pay for renewable energy implementation, primarily due to growing environmental concerns. Regarding this type of solution, Bellocchi et al [33] point out the negative effects of heating electrification on renewable penetration, due to the mismatch in demand and generation peak hours, even though the usage of thermal storage devices could limit this issue, as shown by Gaur et al [34] It is also possible to exploit the opportunities provided by the establishment of energy communities [35], where self-produced energy is exchanged between a certain number of users without passing from the national grid, thus relieving the stress on the energy system.…”

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Assessing the Impact on Grid Infrastructure of Electrification Pathways for the Italian Residential Sector

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To achieve the decarbonization objectives described in the Paris Agreement, thermal appliances’ electrification is considered an essential factor. Unfortunately, the substitution of thermal appliances with electric alternatives will inevitably increase the load on the national electric system; thus, it is crucial to perform analyses to assess these policies’ impact. This paper, using as a reference the electrification pathways studied by Besagni et al. employing the MOIRAE (bottom-up MOdel to compute the energy consumption of the Italian REsidential sector) model, calculates the energy and power increase in the residential sector in 2030 due to the substitution of different thermal appliances and discusses potential policies to take into account the effect of their implementation on the Italian electric system. Even if the current generation capacity can sustain the electrification process without problems, investments will be needed to limit the possibility of congestions on transmission lines connecting the country’s northern and southern parts.

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“…There are numerous research available on the techno-economic aspects of SC, such as the use of renewable electricity for heating (Arabzadeh et al, 2020;Bellocchi et al, 2020;Brown et al, 2018;Felten, 2020;Jimenez-Navarro et al, 2020;Richts et al, 2015;Schaber, 2013;Schaber et al, 2013;Schill & Zerrahn, 2020;Stadler & Sterner, 2018;Zhu et al, 2020). Others focus on the transport sector (Arabzadeh et al, 2020;Bellocchi et al, 2020;Brown et al, 2018;Lester et al, 2020;Sterchele et al, 2020) and even the commercial/trade/services sector (Brown et al, 2018;Jimenez-Navarro et al, 2020;Zhu et al, 2020).…”

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The sector coupling concept: A critical review

Ramsebner

Haas

Ajanović

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WIREs Energy & Environment

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Pursued climate goals require reduced greenhouse gas emissions by substituting fossil fuels with energy from renewable sources in all energy-consuming processes. On a large-scale, this can mainly be achieved through electricity from wind and sun, which are subject to intermittency. To efficiently integrate this variable energy, a coupling of the power sector to the residential, transport, industry, and commercial/trade sector is often promoted, called sector coupling (SC). Nevertheless, our literature review indicates that SC is frequently misinterpreted and its scope varies among available research, from exclusively considering the use of excess renewable electricity to a rather holistic view of integrated energy systems, including excess heat or even biomass sources. The core objective of this article is to provide a thorough understanding of the SC concept through an analysis of its origin and its main purpose, as described in the current literature. We provide a structured categorization of SC, derived from our findings, and critically discuss its remaining challenges as well as its value for renewable energy systems. We find that SC is rooted in the increasing use of variable renewable energy sources, and its main assets are the flexibility it provides for renewable energy systems, decarbonization potential for fossil-fuel-based end-consumption sectors, and consequently, reduced dependency on oil and gas extracting countries. However, the enabling technologies face great challenges in their economic feasibility because of the uncertain future development of competing solutions.

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Electrification of transport and residential heating sectors in support of renewable penetration: Scenarios for the Italian energy system

Cited by 100 publications

References 35 publications

Evolution of Renewable Energy in BRI Countries: A Combined Econometric and Decomposition Approach

Evolution of Renewable Energy in BRI Countries: A Combined Econometric and Decomposition Approach

Assessing the Impact on Grid Infrastructure of Electrification Pathways for the Italian Residential Sector

The sector coupling concept: A critical review

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