The Natural Gas Supply of the Latvian Municipality during the Local Energy Crisis

Zemite, L.; Nevercika, Elina; Jansons, L.; Bode, I.; Koposovs, A.; Kondrahins, N.; Jasevics, Aivo

doi:10.2478/lpts-2021-0025

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“…This can lead to significant cost savings and increase the percentage of green energy [16], as well as provide an opportunity for alternative energy system organisation and management methods in the future: smart energy transmission, distribution and metering [17], [18], digital twinning, introduction of green energy sources, for example, gases, in conventional energy distribution and transmission networks [19]- [22]. In future, it could also help minimise impact of energy delivery disruptions during local energy crisis that could occur in practically every centralised and extended energy delivery network [23].…”

Section: The Concept Of Energy Community In the Context Of The Object...mentioning

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Evolving Concept of Energy Communities in the European Union

Auders,

Lapuke

2024

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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In accordance with the goal approved by the Council of the European Union, a European climate-neutrality must be achieved by 2050. Namely, the European Union must significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and find ways to compensate for the remaining and unavoidable ones. Within the framework of the European Green Deal, which is a set of policy initiatives to achieve climate neutrality goals, energy communities are considered in the context of two initiatives: a just transition and clean and safe energy at an affordable price. Within the latter, energy community is seen as citizen-led actions in the energy sector that will help pave the way for the transition to clean energy.

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Section: The Concept Of Energy Community In the Context Of The Object...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Evolving Concept of Energy Communities in the European Union

Auders,

Lapuke

2024

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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“…During this period, the natural gas supply disruptions caused by limited natural gas supply are possible, but RS has not encountered such a situation, as it has always purchased natural gas for the entire heating season [15].…”

Section: Principles For Evaluating Heat Production Capacity Reservesmentioning

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Development of the District Heating System on the Left Bank of the Daugava River in Riga

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Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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In Latvia, heat supply is provided in three different ways: using district heating (hereinafter – DH), local heating and individual heating systems. Heat energy consumption consists of heat energy consumption for heating, hot water and heat energy technological processes. The structure of DH consumers has not changed in recent years and the largest consumers of heat are households – 70 % of the total energy consumption. The district heating system accounts for approximately 29 % of the total consumption. There is also the so-called tertiary sector, which is made of municipal and state buildings with a minor total heat consumption of about 1 %. It should be noted that 65–70 % of energy is used for heating needs, and 30–35% for hot water preparation. In Latvia, heat of DH consumers is produced both in boiler houses (hereinafter – BHs) and cogeneration plants (hereinafter – CHPs). The latter also produce electricity. Over the past 10 years, the distribution of heat produced in BHs and CHPs has changed significantly. The heat supply of the Latvian energy sector is a system consisting of three main elements – heat source, transmission and distribution networks, and end consumer. Low efficiency of heat supply system elements creates risks to security of heat supply, resource sustainability and competitiveness. Increasing energy efficiency in the system as a whole, or in individual elements of the system, will promote the enhancement of the heat supply sector, while promoting economic growth as well. The research attempts to evaluate the energy efficiency of DH systems in the so-called left bank (hereinafter – LB) DH area (located on the left bank of the Daugava River in Riga).

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“…"The Natural Gas Supply of the Latvian Municipality during the Local Energy Crisis" by L. Zemite, E. Nevercika, L. Jansons, I. Bode, A. Koposovs, N. Kondrahins and A. Jasevics [13] treats the natural gas system as the essential element of the Latvian and the Baltic energy supply. Gas system disruption can seriously impact the national economy and energy security of our country.…”

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Energy Transition of the Baltic States: Problems and Solutions

Sauhats

Broka

Baltputnis

2021

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The importance of the climate change problem is recognised by the governments of the overwhelming majority of the world’s countries. To bring additional attention and enable more concrete action, in a number of countries and municipalities the issue has been declared a climate emergency. The need to solve this problem predetermines the task of replacing fossil energy sources with renewable alternatives. The process of the ongoing transformation is called energy transition. It includes transformation of all the energy-intensive sectors of economic activity: power generation, supply and consumption, heat generation and supply, electrification of transport, agriculture and households. The main goal of the energy transition is obvious – it is necessary to reduce the emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The main sources of energy used to achieve this goal in power generation are wind and solar energy. Even though the goal is unambiguously defined and the way to achieve it seems evident, it is already clear that a number of serious problems and obstacles have arisen. They are caused by the emergence of additional objectives that must be achieved and constraints that need to be satisfied in the process of the required transformations. Indeed, the transition should be carried out taking into account power system properties describing techno-economic efficiency, reliability, stability, adequacy, etc. This list can be expanded easily. It should be noted that the additional objectives are not less important than the overarching goal. Along with reducing emissions, it is also necessary to improve energy supply reliability, its availability and affordability for all the segments of the population as well as maintain the security of the energy supply infrastructure and processes.

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The Natural Gas Supply of the Latvian Municipality during the Local Energy Crisis

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Evolving Concept of Energy Communities in the European Union

Evolving Concept of Energy Communities in the European Union

Development of the District Heating System on the Left Bank of the Daugava River in Riga

Energy Transition of the Baltic States: Problems and Solutions

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