scholarly journals A new perspective on global renewable energy systems: why trade in energy carriers matters

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2022-2029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Schmidt ◽  
Katharina Gruber ◽  
Michael Klingler ◽  
Claude Klöckl ◽  
Luis Ramirez Camargo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Energy Carriers ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Modelling Studies ◽  
New Perspective

Recent modelling studies suggest a decline of long-distance trade in energy carriers in future global renewable energy systems, compared to today's fossil based systems. In contrast, we discuss four important drivers of trade in such systems.

scholarly journals A new perspective on global renewable energy systems: why trade in energy carriers matters

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Schmidt ◽  
Katharina Gruber ◽  
Michael Klingler ◽  
Claude Klöckl ◽  
Luis Ramirez Camargo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Climate Change Mitigation ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Energy Carriers ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Renewable Fuel ◽  
Change Mitigation

Recent global modelling studies suggest a decline of long-distance trade in energy carriers in future global renewable energy systems, compared to today’s fossil fuel energy system. In contrast, we identified four crucial drivers that enable trade of renewable energy carriers. These drivers could make trade remain at current levels or even increase during the transition to an energy system with very high shares of renewables. First, new land-efficient technologies for renewable fuel production become increasingly available and technically allow for long-distance trade in renewables. Second, regional differences in social acceptance and land availability for energy infrastructure support the development of renewable fuel import and export streams. Third, the economics of renewable energy systems, i.e. the different production conditions globally and the high costs of fully renewable regional electricity systems, will create opportunities for spatial arbitrage. Fourth, the reduction of stranded investments in the fossil fuel sector is possible by switching from fossil fuel to renewable fuel trade in exporting regions.The impact of these drivers on trade in energy carriers is currently under-investigated by the global energy research community. Therefore, we call for a major research effort in this field, in particular as trade can redistribute profits and losses of climate change mitigation and may hence support finding new partners in climate change mitigation negotiations.

Advanced Heat/Mass Exchanger Technology for Geothermal and Solar Renewable Energy Systems

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miles Greiner ◽  
Amy Childress ◽  
Sage Hiibel ◽  
Kwang Kim ◽  
Chanwoo Park ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Mass Exchanger

Optimizing Storage and Renewable Energy Systems with REopt

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emma M. Elgqvist ◽  
Katherine H. Anderson ◽  
Dylan S. Cutler ◽  
Nicholas A. DiOrio ◽  
Nicholas D. Laws ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems
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