Public evaluation of electricity technologies and future low-carbon portfolios in Germany and the USA

Scheer, Dirk; Konrad, Wilfried; Scheel, Oliver

doi:10.1186/2192-0567-3-8

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“…Developing a national pathway to achieve such system change, by exploring different potential future energy scenarios, is therefore important in determining energy policy. This is an inherently complex task and the focus of much academic and political scrutiny (for example, refs [3][4][5][6][7][8]. Most such national energy scenarios and policies derive from technical and economic assessments and evaluations, but struggle to consider other types of relevant societal values and interests [9][10][11][12][13] .…”

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Effects of exemplar scenarios on public preferences for energy futures using the my2050 scenario-building tool

2017

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Understanding which energy future configurations provide publicly acceptable levels of energy security, a ordability, and environmental protection is critical for institutional decision-making. However, little is known about how scenarios influence energy preferences. Here we present nationally representative UK data on public preferences for energy futures using the my2050 scenario-building tool that encourages engagement with the holistic complexities of system change. Engagement with the tool strengthened existing preferences for renewable energy and intentions to take personal action. Importantly, patterns of energy preferences were influenced by exemplar scenarios, which served as reference points that anchored choices. Carbon capture and storage, nuclear power, biofuels, and changes to heating and travel were particularly impacted by scenarios indicating uncertainty and ambivalence regarding these options. Scenarios (and scenario-building tools) are valuable for engaging citizens about future energy systems. However, care is required in their design and interpretation to reach robust conclusions about underlying preferences and acceptance.

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“…This is significant because previous research has repeatedly observed the importance of context in influencing public support for, and opposition to, energy technologies and options 6,24,31 . As such, this approach focuses directly on the compromises and value trade-offs often implicit within the complex set of issues related to energy futures.…”

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“…Some recent research has begun to explore aspects of this question, either by eliciting people's judgments of portfolios of energy supply options (12)(13)(14) or of future energy scenarios for particular cities and communities (15,16). What was unique about our own project was the desire to develop engagement methodologies that would permit us to elicit a range of public attitudes and values toward energy system change for the United Kingdom as whole (i.e., encompassing simultaneous supply-and demand-side changes), and in relation to current national policy imperatives.…”

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Creating a national citizen engagement process for energy policy

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Butler

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Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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This paper examines some of the science communication challenges involved when designing and conducting public deliberation processes on issues of national importance. We take as our illustrative case study a recent research project investigating public values and attitudes toward future energy system change for the United Kingdom. National-level issues such as this are often particularly difficult to engage the public with because of their inherent complexity, derived from multiple interconnected elements and policy frames, extended scales of analysis, and different manifestations of uncertainty. With reference to the energy system project, we discuss ways of meeting a series of science communication challenges arising when engaging the public with national topics, including the need to articulate systems thinking and problem scale, to provide balanced information and policy framings in ways that open up spaces for reflection and deliberation, and the need for varied methods of facilitation and data synthesis that permit access to participants' broader values. Although resource intensive, national-level deliberation is possible and can produce useful insights both for participants and for science policy.public engagement | national dialogue | energy system transitions

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“…Reference [5] identified and suggested some insights for the people live in Germany and USA to choose and develop low-carbon electrical power generation systems. It also presented the advantages of low-carbon initiatives and crisis with the nuclear based generation systems briefly.…”

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Renewable energy based microgrid system sizing and energy management for green buildings

Kumar

Bhimasingu

2015

J. Mod. Power Syst. Clean Energy

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The objective of this paper is to model a hybrid power system for buildings, which is technically feasible and economically optimal. With a view to promote renewable energy sources, photovoltaics and wind turbines are integrated with the grid connected building. The system is modeled and the optimal system configuration is estimated with the help of hybrid optimization model for electric renewables (HOMER). The logic is illustrated with a case study based on the practical data of a building located in southern India. This building is associated with 3.4 MWh/day priority load (peak load as 422 kW), as well as 3.3 MWh/day deferrable load (peak load as 500 kW). Sensitivity analysis is performed to deal with uncertainties such as the increase in electricity consumption and grid tariff, environmental changes, etc. From the simulation result, it is observed that the designed system is cost effective and environment friendly, which leads to 6.18 % annual cost savings and reduces CO 2 emissions by 38.3 %. Sensitivity results indicate that the system is optimal and adaptable in a certain range of unanticipated variances with respect to best estimated value. Finally, an energy management strategy is developed for the optimal system to ensure reliable power during contingency and disturbances. The green and hybrid power system designed can be adaptable to any critical and large consumers of urban buildings.

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Public evaluation of electricity technologies and future low-carbon portfolios in Germany and the USA

Cited by 41 publications

References 31 publications

Effects of exemplar scenarios on public preferences for energy futures using the my2050 scenario-building tool

Effects of exemplar scenarios on public preferences for energy futures using the my2050 scenario-building tool

Creating a national citizen engagement process for energy policy

Renewable energy based microgrid system sizing and energy management for green buildings

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