Assessing the Future of Renewable and Smart Grid Technologies in Regional Energy Systems

In this paper we present the regional techno-economic model ETEM, designed for the analysis of regional energy/environment systems and we show how it can be used to explore the possible penetration of new technologies in a region corresponding roughly to the canton of Geneva. We investigate three sc...

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Published in:Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik 2012-04, Vol.148 (2), p.229-273
Main Authors: Babonneau, Frédéric, Haurie, Alain, Tarel, Guillaume Jean, Thénié, Julien
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon dioxide
Carbon emissions
Economics
Economics and Finance
Electricity
Energy market
Energy planning
Geneva
Imports
Penetration
Prices
Regional analysis
Renewable energy sources
Smart grid technology
smart-grids
Statistics
Switzerland
Technological change
Technology
Uncertainty
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Summary:In this paper we present the regional techno-economic model ETEM, designed for the analysis of regional energy/environment systems and we show how it can be used to explore the possible penetration of new technologies in a region corresponding roughly to the canton of Geneva. We investigate three scenarios with different constraints on CO2 emissions and electricity imports and show the essential role played by new technologies, linked through a smart grid, in the effort toward a sustainable energy system. We strengthen our conclusion with a stochastic approach dealing with uncertainty in future electricity prices and electric car technology penetration.
ISSN:2235-6282
0303-9692
2235-6282
DOI:10.1007/BF03399367