Measuring Renewable Energy Development in the Eastern Bloc of the European Union

Momete, Daniela Cristina

doi:10.3390/en10122120

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“…Previous publications devoted to the issues of the EU sustainable development provide a lot of information related to the concept of sustainable development in energy and climate protection e.g., [22][23][24][25][26][27][28]. However, these studies lack the analyses of the ranking of the EU countries in terms of sustainable energy and climate development, considering the social dimensions for the EU-27 countries.…”

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Assessing the Level of Energy and Climate Sustainability in the European Union Countries in the Context of the European Green Deal Strategy and Agenda 2030

2021

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The concept of sustainable development integrates activities in the economic, environmental and social areas. Energy policy, which is very closely linked to climate protection, is of key importance for achieving the goals of the concept in question. All these elements are connected by the European Green Deal strategy and Agenda 2030. Their implementation requires the evaluation of previous actions undertaken within the framework of sustainable development and the diagnosis of the current state. Therefore, this article presents the results of such research in relation to the key industry connected with this process, which is the energy sector. The research methodology was based on the analysis of 14 indicators that characterize four basic areas (dimensions) related to energy and climate sustainability. These indicators concern energy and climate as well as social and economic issues. This approach makes it possible to comprehensively assess the actions taken so far in the implementation of sustainable economic development in the energy and climate area in the European Union (EU) countries. The entropy-complex-proportional-assessment (COPRAS) methodologies, which belong to the group of multiple criteria decision-making methods, were used for this study. The conducted research allowed for the assessment of the changes in the EU countries in terms of energy and climate sustainability between 2009–2018. In addition, the effects of the introduced changes in individual years and in relation to the studied areas (dimensions) were also evaluated. Based on the results, considering the adopted criteria, the EU countries were divided into groups similar to the level of energy and climate sustainability. The results constitute a valuable set of data, which allows for a wide and in-depth multicriteria analysis. This allows for a very objective and broad assessment of the effects of sustainable development policies in the EU countries and the current state in the context of the European Green Deal strategy and Agenda 2030.

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Assessing the Level of Energy and Climate Sustainability in the European Union Countries in the Context of the European Green Deal Strategy and Agenda 2030

2021

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“…Estonia is highly dependent on oil shale, 104 especially its innovation and technological advancements in the energy sector. 105 We also observe some differences in performance rankings based on MCDM methods and the MPI index, which are in line with the results of Huang.…”

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Investigating the energy security performance, productivity, and economic growth for the EU

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2023

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Energy is one of the key elements of economies. The maintenance of daily economic activities would not be possible without assurance of energy security, which is also a critical contributor to sustainable energy. The European Union (EU) strives to protect the energy security of its members in order to prevent supply problems or crises. The main purpose of our analysis is to evaluate the energy security of EU countries by analyzing their performance, productivity, and relationship with economic growth. Using hybrid and comparative MCDM and Malmquist productivity approaches, we assess the static and dynamic energy security performance of the EU countries in the period from 2014 to 2018. We use IDOCRIW‐weighted SAW, MARCOS, and CODAS techniques for static performance measurement and the Malmquist productivity approach for dynamic performance evaluation. Considering both static and dynamic performance among developed EU countries, Denmark is found to be superior. Further, the Malmquist productivity index results indicate a slight improvement for developed countries and deterioration for developing countries. According to the panel data analysis, energy security is a factor that leads to economic growth. Consequently, energy efficiency initiatives such as efficiency action plans, hybrid and electric vehicles, and energy storage advancements play crucial roles in enhancing the EU's energy security.

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“…In [27], a distributed parameter model (DPM) for the SP is presented, with the heat energy of mass flow and the pressure of pipe node being regarded as the state variables of DHS. The DPM can be depicted as Figure 1 and is formulated as Equations (1) and (2).…”

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“…With the gradual depletion of fossil energy and the degradation of the environment, renewable energy generation resources, mainly solar power and wind power, have received extensive attention [1][2][3]. On the other hand, combined heat and power (CHP) plants and electric boilers (EBs) are widely employed [4], which intensifies the coupling between a power distribution system (PDS) and a district heating system (DHS) concerned.…”

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Modeling of a District Heating System and Optimal Heat-Power Flow

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With ever-growing interconnections of various kinds of energy sources, the coupling between a power distribution system (PDS) and a district heating system (DHS) has been progressively intensified. Thus, it is becoming more and more important to take the PDS and the DHS as a whole in energy flow analysis. Given this background, a steady state model of DHS is first presented with hydraulic and thermal sub-models included. Structurally, the presented DHS model is composed of three major parts, i.e., the straight pipe, four kinds of local pipes, and the radiator. The impacts of pipeline parameters and the environment temperature on heat losses and pressure losses are then examined. The term "heat-power flow" is next defined, and the optimal heat-power flow (OHPF) model formulated as a quadratic planning problem, in which the objective is to minimize energy losses, including the heat losses and active power losses, and both the operational constraints of PDS and DHS are respected. The developed OHPF model is solved by the well-established IPOPT (Interior Point OPTimizer) commercial solver, which is based on the YALMIP/MATLAB toolbox. Finally, two sample systems are served for demonstrating the characteristics of the proposed models.

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Measuring Renewable Energy Development in the Eastern Bloc of the European Union

Cited by 11 publications

References 10 publications

Assessing the Level of Energy and Climate Sustainability in the European Union Countries in the Context of the European Green Deal Strategy and Agenda 2030

Assessing the Level of Energy and Climate Sustainability in the European Union Countries in the Context of the European Green Deal Strategy and Agenda 2030

Investigating the energy security performance, productivity, and economic growth for the EU

Modeling of a District Heating System and Optimal Heat-Power Flow

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