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Using electricity for heating can contribute to decarbonization and provide flexibility to integrate variable re-newable energy. We analyze the case of electric storage heaters in German 2030 scenarios with an open-sourceelectricity sector model. We find that flexible electric heaters generally increase the use of generation tech-nologies with low variable costs, which are not necessarily renewables. ...
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Applied Energy
266 (2020), 114571, 18 S.
| Wolf-PeterSchill, AlexanderZerrahn
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This paper recalls the development of the German lignite regions Rhineland and Lusatia since 1945 to allow for a better understanding of their situation in 2019. We analyze their economic resilience, defined as adaptive capacity, using Holling’s adaptive cycle model. We find that the Rhineland is currently in the conservation phase, while Lusatia experiences a reorganization phase following the economic ...
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Sustainability
11 (2019), 11, 5991, 17 S.
| Nora Stognief, Paula Walk, Oliver Schöttker, Pao-Yu Oei
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This paper uses numerical techno-economic modelling to analyse the effect of current national renewable targets and climate goals on the cost and structural composition of the Mexican energy system. For this, we construct a scenario base analysis to compare current policies with two alternative states of the world—one without climate policies and one attaining full decarbonization. Furthermore, an ...
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Energies
12 (2019), 17, 3270, 24 S.
| Luis Sarmiento, Thorsten Burandt, Konstantin Löffler, Pao-Yu Oei
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Like many other countries, Germany has defined goals to reduce its CO2-emissions following the Paris Agreement of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP). The first successes in decarbonizing the electricity sector were already achieved under the German Energiewende. However, further steps in this direction, also concerning the heat and transport sectors, have stalled. This paper describes three possible ...
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Energies
12 (2019), 15, 2988, 33 S.
| Hans-Karl Bartholdsen, Anna Eidens, Konstantin Löffler, Frederik Seehaus, Felix Wejda, Thorsten Burandt, Pao-Yu Oei, Claudia Kemfert, Christian von Hirschhausen
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The nuclear industry in the United States of America has accumulated about 70,000 metric tons of high-level nuclear waste over the past decades; at present, this waste is temporarily stored close to the nuclear power plants. The industry and the Department of Energy are now facing two related challenges: (i) will a permanent geological repository, e.g., Yucca Mountain, become available in the future, ...
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Applied Sciences
9 (2019), 12, 2437, 23 S.
| Sebastian Wegel, Victoria Czempinski, Pao-Yu Oei, Ben Wealer
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The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to stop the ongoing spiralling down of the U.S. coal industry. We discuss the origins of the decline and assess the effects of policy interventions by the Trump administration. We find that, with fierce competition from natural gas and renewables, a further decrease of coal consumption must be expected by the old and inefficient U.S. coal-fired ...
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Climate Policy
19 (2019), 10, S. 1310-1324
| Roman Mendelevitch, Christian Hauenstein, Franziska Holz
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Germany has gone from being a pioneer to a laggard when it comes to climate protection. The proportion of Germany's most polluting energy source, lignite, is higher than ever before. Renewable energies are being thwarted. There is no sustainable transport policy that focuses on traffic avoidance, relocation, and electrification as well as environmental, climate, and health protection—not even after ...
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Advanced Sustainable Systems
3 (2019), 3, 1800155, 3 S.
| Claudia Kemfert
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Continued global action on climate change has major consequences for fossil fuel markets, especially for coal as the most carbon-intensive fuel. This article summarizes current market developments in the most important coal-producing and coal-consuming countries, resulting in a critical qualitative assessment of prospects for future coal exports. Colombia, as the world’s fourth largest exporter, is ...
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Climate Policy
19 (2019), 1, S. 73-91
| Pao-Yu Oei, Roman Mendelevitch
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Two transition pathways towards a 100% renewable energy (RE) power sector by 2050 are simulated for Europe using the LUT Energy System Transition model. The first is a Regions scenario, whereby regions are modelled independently, and the second is an Area scenario, which has transmission interconnections between regions. Modelling is performed in hourly resolution for 5-year time intervals, from 2015 ...
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Renewable Energy
139 (2019), S. 80-101
| Michael Child, Claudia Kemfert, Dmitrii Bogdanov, Christian Breyer
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In this paper, multiple pathways for the European energy system until 2050 are computed, focusing on one of the major challenges of the low-carbon transition: the issue of unused capacities and stranded assets. Three different scenarios are analyzed, utilizing the Global Energy System Model (GENeSYS-MOD) for calculations. A major feature is the introduction of limited foresight and imperfect planning ...
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Energy Strategy Reviews
26 (2019), 100422, 15 S.
| Konstantin Löffler, Thorsten Burandt, Karlo Hainsch, Pao-Yu Oei