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Integrated Impact report

Second Policy Brief

Focus Report on economic impacts

Macroeconomic and distributional impacts of decarbonisation pathways

Focus Report on behavioural effects and distributional impacts

Policy Brief – The Role of Behaviour and Heterogeneity for the Adoption of Technologies

Focus Report on climate impacts on the Energy-Food-Water nexus

Focus Report on LCA and critical material demand for energy technologies

Policy Brief

Technology Roadmaps

Innovation Readiness Level assessments

Stakeholder Interaction Portal

Pathways Diagnostic Tool

Open-source Engagement Model

Online Energy Systems Learning Simulation

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PROJECT FACT SHEET

Acronym: REEEM
Title: Role of technologies in an energy efficient economy – model based analysis policy measures and transformation pathways to a sustainable energy system
Call: H2020-LCE
Funding scheme: RIA – Research and innovation action
Grant agreement no.: 691739
Duration: 42 Months
Start date: February 2016
Estimated Project cost: €3,997,458.75
Requested EU contribution: €3,997,458.75
Total effort: 423.5 Person-months
Project coordinator: Mark Howells – Department of Energy Technology, School of Industrial Engineering and Management, Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Project Officer: Manuela Conconi

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UNDERSTANDING THE UNCERTAIN ROLE OF TECHNOLOGIES IN A FUTURE LOW CARBON SYSTEM

Understanding the uncertain role of technologies in a future low carbon system

12 DECEMBER 2018

Clustering example of the relationship between wind generation and other technologies & resources Clustering example of the relationship between wind generation and other technologies & resources

To meet the stated ambition in the Paris Agreement, Europe’s energy transition needs to be one that effects large-scale emission reductions at an unprecedented rate, with a system that has to be net-zero CO2 emissions by or soon after 2050. Critical to this transition will be the large-scale deployment of existing and new technologies. However, many uncertainties abound concerning future technology cost, performance, deployment, and socio-political feasibility, making planning for this transition challenging.

A REEEM case study by University College London (UCL), focussing on the UK system, uses energy systems modelling to better understand how different technologies play out together in a future system. Using a probabilistic simulation and clustering approach, the results identify technologies that always deploy at scale (offshore wind, passenger vehicle electrification), or are co-dependent on other technologies (building electrification, alongside retrofit and building level storage), or in competition (biofuels versus hydrogen in the transport sector). Understanding the relationships between technologies is important to better determine the role of technologies energy options under different pathways. It can also help planning what technologies may be needed (or not) alongside others, or prior to deployment of others.

Crucially, the analysis shows that these relationships vary depending on wider system factors, notably climate ambition and the availability of CCS. This is particularly important with CCS, a technology that in many models provides a cost-effective pathway but is at risk of not being scaled at the levels proposed (due to technical, economic and political uncertainties). Understanding the system wide influences of keystone technologies such as CCS on the deployment of others is crucial, to weigh the relative risks of technology failure and the robustness of any future strategy.

The full report Coevolution and competition of technologies in a low carbon system can be found here.

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This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 691739.

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