A zero-carbon, reliable and affordable energy future in Australia

Autor: Matthew Stocks, Cheng Cheng, Anna Nadolny, Andrew Blakers, Bin Lu
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Physics - Physics and Society
Natural resource economics
020209 energy
Population
FOS: Physical sciences
Systems and Control (eess.SY)
Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
02 engineering and technology
Electrical Engineering and Systems Science - Systems and Control
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Energy storage
020401 chemical engineering
FOS: Electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
Per capita
0204 chemical engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
education
Civil and Structural Engineering
education.field_of_study
Wind power
business.industry
Mechanical Engineering
Building and Construction
Pollution
General Energy
Greenhouse gas
Distributed generation
Environmental science
Electricity
business
Energy source
Zdroj: Energy. 220:119678
ISSN: 0360-5442
Popis: Australia has one of the highest per capita consumption of energy and emissions of greenhouse gases in the world. It is also the global leader in rapid per capita annual deployment of new solar and wind energy, which is causing the country's emissions to decline. Australia is located at low-moderate latitudes along with three quarters of the global population. These factors make the Australian experience globally significant. In this study, we model a fully decarbonised electricity system together with complete electrification of heating, transport and industry in Australia leading to an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. An energy supply-demand balance is simulated based on long-term (10 years), high-resolution (half-hourly) meteorological and energy demand data. A significant feature of this model is that short-term off-river energy storage and distributed energy storage are utilised to support the large-scale integration of variable solar and wind energy. The results show that high levels of energy reliability and affordability can be effectively achieved through a synergy of flexible energy sources; interconnection of electricity grids over large areas; response from demand-side participation; and mass energy storage. This strategy represents a rapid and generic pathway towards zero-carbon energy futures within the Sunbelt.
Comment: Here is a summary of the study: https://www.dropbox.com/s/uvd90goh80y9eda/Zero-carbon%20Australia.pdf?dl=0
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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