Barriers and Solutions for Expansion of Electricity Grids The German Experience.

Steinbach, Armin

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“…On the other hand, since many of these new power generating facilities will be located far from the load centres (in particular new wind parks), an expansion of the transmission grid is necessary to meet the resulting transport capacity requirements. Grid expansion projects, however, face acceptance problems too (see e.g., [11][12][13][14]). Because of such recent experiences, particularly on a local level, it has been suggested increasingly often to consider public acceptance as a new key dimension of energy policy (see e.g., [1,[15][16][17]).…”

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Public acceptance and preferences related to renewable energy and grid expansion policy: Empirical insights for Germany

Bertsch

Hall²,

Weinhardt

et al. 2016

Energy

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The rapid expansion of renewable energy sources (RES) in many European countries brings about transmission grid expansion requirements. While the transition towards RESbased energy systems is largely perceived positively in general, locally both RES and grid expansion are often confronted with a lack of public acceptance. Using Germany as a case study, we analyse public acceptance of energy infrastructure and its main drivers on local vs. national levels. For this purpose, we conducted a nationally representative survey. Our results show that, on a national level, the acceptance of RES is very high and there is also a high acceptance of grid expansion if it helps to increase the share of RES in the system. In terms of local acceptance problems that may arise for most considered technologies, concerns about landscape modification turn out to be the main driving factor. Moreover, the distance between places of residence and places of energy infrastructure construction is crucial. While acceptance or rejection of technologies will never be entirely tangible or explicable, we find the explicability of rejections to be lowest for new technologies. Finally, age and education turn out to be the most relevant socio-demographic variables determining the participants' acceptance. Bertsch, V., Hall, M., Weinhardt, C., & Fichtner, W. (2016). Public acceptance and preferences related to -2 -renewable energy and grid expansion policy: Empirical insights for Germany. Energy, 114,[465][466][467][468][469][470][471][472][473][474][475][476][477]

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Public acceptance and preferences related to renewable energy and grid expansion policy: Empirical insights for Germany

Bertsch

Hall²,

Weinhardt

et al. 2016

Energy

238

126

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“…Good planning ability and high spatial flexibility of the energy supply might be the optimum of an energy transmission infrastructure. However, transmission line infrastructures are difficult to be implemented already nationally due to low social acceptance[27]. Thus, the effort in building new transmission capacity should remain low, using as many advantages of point-to-point and overlay grid infrastructure as possible which is only feasible of course in a combination.…”

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The value of a dispatchable concentrating solar power transfer from Middle East and North Africa to Europe via point-to-point high voltage direct current lines

Hess

2018

Applied Energy

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Dispatchable solar power from concentrating solar thermal power plants (CSP) combined with thermal energy storage and co-firing option can provide energy according to demand. A transfer of such electricity from CSP in desert regions to distant consumer centres may therefore complement domestic energies. A detailed energy system modelling showing the benefit and drawback of CSP from Middle East and North Africa for Europe was not yet done. This paper closes the scientific knowledge gap applying an energy system model with a least-cost approach and detailed scenario analysis for the year 2050. Energy system analyses describe the effects of including and excluding a transfer of CSP from MENA to EU via a grid or via point-to-point high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission lines. A multi-criteria assessment reveals the impact of such CSP-HVDC power plants on energy infrastructure, operational behaviour, cost and emission of the energy system. To evaluate national grid expansion, a new grid methodology is used as composed of transmission and distribution grid. The evaluation shows that power plant capacity, electrical storage and grid expansion as well as electrical curtailment can cause a beneficial impact when CSP-HVDC is used to supplement the energy portfolio in Europe.

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“…An insufficient regulatory framework, and inefficient allocation of planning and authorization competences can be a problem (Battaglini et al,. 2012;Steinbach, 2013), worsened still by a general lack of public acceptance of infrastructure projects, including new grids (Kogdenko, 2013). The length of procedures is also a very important barrier.…”

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“…One can argue that the German model evolved towards a more participatory and legitimate formula (Buras 2012;Steinbach 2013). On the other hand, grid-development within Germany is actually as much "grid locked" as are the interconnectors.…”

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Beyond the 'Grid-Lock' in Electricity Interconnectors: The Case of Germany and Poland

Puka¹,

Szulecki

2014

SSRN Journal

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThe common European electricity market requires both market integration and transmission grid expansion, including trans-border interconnectors. Although the benefits of increased interconnectivity are widely acknowledged, expansion of interconnectors is often very slow.This paper gathers insights on the reasons behind this "grid-lock" drawing on the study of the German-Polish border. Although two interconnectors already exist, the trade is blocked by unplanned electricity loop flows. A third interconnector has been discussed for years, but saw little progress in spite of declarations of support on both sides. Drawing on the existing literature on the topic of grid expansion we identify four hypotheses for the grid-lock: inadequate financing; diverging interests; governance and administration problems; and different actors' motivations, trust and security perceptions. We evaluate them using the empirical material gathered through document analysis and stakeholder interviews conducted in Germany and Poland. None of the hypotheses on its own can explain the "gridlock". However, while financing has not been a major obstacle, divergent interests had an impact on the project delay, administrative and governance problems are a great hindrance on the technical level, while motivations influence interstate political relations and policy shaping. EU support and closer bilateral cooperation provide opportunities to address these challenges.

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Barriers and Solutions for Expansion of Electricity Grids The German Experience.

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Public acceptance and preferences related to renewable energy and grid expansion policy: Empirical insights for Germany

Public acceptance and preferences related to renewable energy and grid expansion policy: Empirical insights for Germany

The value of a dispatchable concentrating solar power transfer from Middle East and North Africa to Europe via point-to-point high voltage direct current lines

Beyond the 'Grid-Lock' in Electricity Interconnectors: The Case of Germany and Poland

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