Policy incentives for flexible district heating in the Baltic countries

Sneum, Daniel Møller; Sandberg, Eli; Koduvere, Hardi; Olsen, Ole Jess; Blumberga, Dagnija

doi:10.1016/j.jup.2018.02.001

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“…In the paper, a unique expansion cost is used for DH investments. However, these costs are sensitive to the location, as exemplified by the differences in labour costs for DH expansion as applied by [59] and [60].…”

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The role of sector coupling in the green transition: A least-cost energy system development in North Europe towards 2050

Bermúdez¹,

Münster²,

Jensen³

et al. 2020

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<div>This paper analyses the role of sector coupling towards 2050 in the energy system of North Europe when pursuing the green transition. Impacts of restricted onshore wind potential and transmission expansion are considered. Optimisation of the capacity development and operation of the energy system towards 2050 is performed with the energy system model Balmorel. Generation, storage, transmission expansion, district heating, carbon capture and storage, and synthetic gas units compete with each other. The results show how sector coupling leads to a change of paradigm: The electricity system moves from a system where generation adapts to inflexible demand, to a system where flexible demand adapts to variable generation. Sector coupling increases electricity demand, variable renewable energy, heat storage, and electricity and district heating transmission expansion towards 2050. Allowing investments in onshore wind and electricity transmission reduces emissions and costs considerably (especially with high sector coupling) with savings of 78.7 EUR2016/person/year. Investments in electricity-to-heat units are key to reduce costs and emissions in the heat sector. The scenarios with the highest sector coupling achieve the highest emission reduction by 2045: 76% greenhouse gases reduction with respect to 1990 levels, which highlights the value of sector coupling to achieve the green transition.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>

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confidence: 99%

The role of sector coupling in the green transition: A least-cost energy system development in North Europe towards 2050

Bermúdez¹,

Münster²,

Jensen³

et al. 2020

Preprint

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“…Studies on the evaluation of PPP policy impact are limited. However, considerable research focuses on other areas, such as electricity, innovation and photovoltaic industry policies [15,18,[43][44][45][46]. Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) has been adopted by the EU, the USA and other developed countries to evaluate the impact of laws and policies in an ex-ante or ex-post way [47,48].…”

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Policy Evolution in the Chinese PPP Market: The Shifting Strategies of Governmental Support Measures

2019

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Much attention has been paid world-wide to the advancement of policy with regard to public–private partnerships (PPPs). Though PPPs continue to play a major role in the development of China’s national economy, capital projects and infrastructure upgrade, little work has been done to understand the evolution of Chinese governmental policy with regard to PPPs. This paper addresses this lack and sets out the trajectory of Chinese PPP policy maturation over the period of 1986 to 2018. Policy documents were retrieved from official government websites, such as the Ministry of Finance and National Development and Reform Commission, with some 205 policy statements deemed relevant to PPPs. These were then classified by type and submitted to regression analysis. Five major instruments in support of PPPs were identified, including fiscal, financial, taxation, land and operations support. Moreover, four historical policy phases can be identified in the Chinese PPP market, including ‘try’, ‘explore’, ‘expand’ and ‘consolidate’. While governmental policy may now be considered sophisticated, deficiencies remain, including insufficient policy coordination between departments, lack of financial incentives and poor transparency and disclosure supervision. These observations will inform policy makers as they look to continue advancement of PPP policy measures, and help practitioners in assessing the pitfalls of operating in the Chinese PPP market.

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“…The energyPRO software has been used as the main tool for energy system analysis in numerous research articles already, e.g. analysing emission reductions and economic benefits of combining solar thermal with heat pumps in Helsinki district heating [7], analysing booster heat pumps integration in district heating with low system temperatures [21], developing scenarios and integrating various energy sectors, including electricity, heating and transport, as shown for the case of Pecs [22], investigating levelized cost of heat for the flexible district heating in Baltics through the analysis of different combinations of production technologies [23], and many others.…”

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Excess heat utilization combined with thermal storage integration in district heating systems using renewables

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District heating systems already play an important role in increasing the sustainability of the heating sector and decreasing its environmental impact. However, a high share of these systems is old and inefficient and therefore needs to change towards the 4th generation district heating, which will incorporate various energy sources, including renewables and excess heat of different origins. Especially excess heat from industrial and service sector facilities is an interesting source since its potential has already been proven to be highly significant, with some researches showing that it could cover the heat demand of the entire residential and service sector in Europe. However, most analysis of its utilization in district heating are not done on the hourly level, therefore not taking into account the variability of its availability. For that reason, the main goal of this work was to analyse the integration of industrial excess heat into the district heating system consisting of different configurations, including the zero fuel cost technologies like solar thermal. Furthermore, cogeneration units were a part of every simulated configuration, providing the link to the power sector. Excess heat was shown to decrease the operation of peak load boiler and cogeneration, that way decreasing the costs and environmental effect of the system. However, since its hourly availability differs from the heat demand, thermal storage needs to be implemented in order to increase the utilization of this source. The analysis was performed on the hourly level in the energyPRO software.

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Policy incentives for flexible district heating in the Baltic countries

Cited by 31 publications

References 28 publications

The role of sector coupling in the green transition: A least-cost energy system development in North Europe towards 2050

The role of sector coupling in the green transition: A least-cost energy system development in North Europe towards 2050

Policy Evolution in the Chinese PPP Market: The Shifting Strategies of Governmental Support Measures

Excess heat utilization combined with thermal storage integration in district heating systems using renewables

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