Sustainable Development of Energy Systems in the Baltic Region

Spiridonovs, Jurijs; Bogdanova, Olga

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-54808-1_5

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“…[14,15]) as well as evaluating the prerequisites and impacts of the renewable transition (e.g. [3,16]). Several studies assess the transition from the energy policy perspective, highlighting the challenge of translating the plans to implementable policies and strategies [17,18].…”

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“…The countries have ambitious 2030 targets as a part of the EU's emission reduction target of 55% by 2030 [1]. In addition to rapid emission reductions, the Baltic countries' near-term focus is on improving energy security by increasing domestic generation and synchronizing with the Continental European electricity grid instead of the synchronous grid of Russia by 2025 [2,3].…”

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“…Denmark will reach a 70% VRE share by the end of 2022 [7] with ies agree that a highly renewable system seems feasible without major energy security challenges [21,22]. The strong transfer connections, combined with the goal to boost domestic capacity, offer opportunities for fast VRE deployment, but create sensitivity to changes outside the Baltic region [3,23]. Studies emphasize the need for investments in not only VRE, but also flexibility, storages, and interconnectors [16,21].…”

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In the next ten years, the Baltic countries ― Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania ― are planning large investments in renewable power generation and transfer capacity, substantial phase-out of fossil-based power generation, and desynchronization from the Russian electricity grid. In this article, the operational impacts of these changes on the Baltic energy system from 2017 to 2030 are studied with an open-source Backbone energy system model. The operation of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian power and heat, transport, and building sectors are optimized simultaneously on an hourly level, and results are analysed with operational, environmental, economic, and security indicators. Results suggest that the planned transition would support Baltic targets in renewable generation (from 45% to 92%) and self-reliance (2.3 TWh increase in domestic power generation and 5.5 TWh decrease in natural gas imports) with a moderate impact on system costs. However, an increase in transport CO2 emissions could risk national non-ETS targets. The hourly operation of the system, with a high share of wind and solar, is based on active use of storages and interconnectors. Model results raise concerns about the amount of Estonian dispatchable capacity, the commercial feasibility of Latvian natural gas CHP’s, and the high ramping rates of Lithuanian interconnectors.

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