A fossil fuel free Europe need new incentives and a better control to balance power production and demand

Dahlquist, Erik,1951-Mälardalens högskola,Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling,MERO (author)

In EU27 today there is a production of approximately 1000 TWh/ electric power from nuclear and 350 TWh/y from hydro power. The solar power potential is probably around 200 TWh/y. The wind power production is approximately 100 TWh/y but with a potential of at least 1000 TWh/y. The total biomass resources available are in the range 8500-12000 TWh/y. This gives a total of 10 000 – 15 000 TWh/y, from which at least 4000 TWh/y as electric power. This can be compared to the present gross energy use in EU 27 that was 16 084 TWh 2009, and 3400 TWh/y electric power. We can also see that there is a potential to save approximately 4 200 TWh/y in households, offices, transportation and industry. The energy balance thus should be possible to obtain with only non-fossil energy resources. Another matter is the power in time and by region. The demand does not always match the production locally at each moment and this demands a robust transmission and distribution network. Therefore we need new business models making it attractive for the users to reduce the load when there is a difficulty to deliver.

Wallin, FredrikMälardalens högskola,Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling,MERO(Swepub:mdh)fwn01 (author)
Karlsson, Björn,1950-Mälardalens högskola,Akademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling,MERO(Swepub:mdh)bkn04 (author)
Mälardalens högskolaAkademin för hållbar samhälls- och teknikutveckling (creator_code:org_t)

In:SAUPEC 2011 July 13-15 at Cape Town University, South AfricaCape Town : Cape Town University Press

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