'The Nordic Region – a frontrunner of the decarbonised energy system. Workshop Synthesis Report': Sustainable Energy Transitions Laboratory (SENTINEL) project

Autor: Andrzej Ceglarz, Amanda Schibline
Rok vydání: 2022
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7197778
Popis: To meet the goals of the Paris Agreement and keep the current trajectory of the global temperature increase below 1.5ºC, the transformation of the current energy systems into decarbonised ones is profound. However, deciding on how the future energy systems shall be designed, to guarantee energy security, social and environmental sustainability as well as energy accessibility and affordability of energy across the population raises significant challenges. The increasing complexity and interrelatedness of various dimensions of energy led to a situation, in which existing modelling tools do not capture enough of the technological, geographic, societal and environmental details, important for designing a decarbonised energy system. The EC-funded H2020 SENTINEL project (Sustainable Energy Transitions Laboratory) in order to overcome these shortcomings and develop a new energy system modelling framework has applied a carefully defined, participatory approach including three steps: i. Investigating how to adjust modelling tools and check their behaviour in three case studies: national (focusing on Greece), regional (dedicated to the Nordic region) and continental (dealing with Europe). ii. Engaging stakeholders representing the policymaking sphere, energy industry, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and scientific community, to understand the needs of modelling users. iii. Involving external actors in SENTINEL models’ application processes to give an overview about how the models work. This document presents one of the steps undertaken to realise the actions described above. It summarises the online workshop “The Nordic Region – a frontrunner of the decarbonised energy system” that took place on the 4th of November 2020, with almost 30 energy experts from the policymaking sphere, energy industry, NGOs, scientific community as well as the SENTINEL consortium. The workshop included Plenary sessions and six (6) Parallel thematic breakout sessions, touching upon different aspects of the Nordic energy system: (i). Transforming the power sector; (ii). Sector coupling: implementing smart energy systems and P2X solutions; (iii). Decarbonisation of industry and Carbon Capture and Storage and Utilisation; (iv). Energy efficiency and smart buildings; (v). Environmental aspects and implications; and (vi). Socio-economic aspects and implications.
The authors would like to thank all stakeholders for dedicating their time and providing with important input during the workshop. The authors would, also, like to acknowledge the support from the EC. The content of this report is the sole responsibility of its authors and does not necessary reflect the views of the EC. Please note that this document is a changed version of the original workshop summary report available on the SENTINEL website (https://sentinel.energy/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SENTINEL_-Nordic-Workshop-Synthesis-Report.pdf), as due to data protection aspects, it does not include the participants list.
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