Renewable electricity can fully decarbonise the European electricity supply, but large land requirements may cause land-use conflicts. Using a dynamic model that captures renewable fluctuations, I explore the relationship between land requirements and total system cost of different supply-side options in the future. Cost-minimal fully renewable electricity requires some 97,000 km2 (2% of total) land for solar and wind power installations, roughly the size of Portugal, and includes large shares of onshore wind. Replacing onshore wind with offshore wind, utility-scale PV, or rooftop PV reduces land requirements drastically with only small cost penalties. Moving wind power offshore is most cost-effective and reduces land requirements by 50% fo...
In the recent years, variable renewable energy (VRE) technologies – most importantly solar photovolt...
Recent long term planning studies have demonstrated the important role of variable renewables (VRE) ...
Renewable-based electricity generation technologies are recognized to be a major-prerequisite to rea...
Renewable electricity can fully decarbonise the European electricity supply, but large land requirem...
The European Union aims to fully decarbonise its electricity system by 2050 and relies largely on re...
The Authors The European potential for renewable electricity is sufficient to enable fully renewable...
Climate change, limited fossil fuel availability and the dependency on energy carrier imports lead t...
Where local resources for renewable electricity are scarce or insufficient, long-distance electricit...
In this thesis, the central research question is: what can be the contribution of renewable energy s...
23 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables, 6 appendicesThe transition to renewable energies will intensify the g...
Most studies that examine CO2-neutral, or near CO2-neutral, power systems by using energy system mod...
The increasing use of renewable energy leads to a higher share of intermittent and volatile electric...
Because solar and wind resources are available throughout Europe, a transition to an electricity sys...
In view of the resource and climate problems, it seems obvious that we must transform our energy sys...
Summary: Local resistance often hinders renewable energy technology developments, especially for ons...
In the recent years, variable renewable energy (VRE) technologies – most importantly solar photovolt...
Recent long term planning studies have demonstrated the important role of variable renewables (VRE) ...
Renewable-based electricity generation technologies are recognized to be a major-prerequisite to rea...
Renewable electricity can fully decarbonise the European electricity supply, but large land requirem...
The European Union aims to fully decarbonise its electricity system by 2050 and relies largely on re...
The Authors The European potential for renewable electricity is sufficient to enable fully renewable...
Climate change, limited fossil fuel availability and the dependency on energy carrier imports lead t...
Where local resources for renewable electricity are scarce or insufficient, long-distance electricit...
In this thesis, the central research question is: what can be the contribution of renewable energy s...
23 pages, 6 figures, 5 tables, 6 appendicesThe transition to renewable energies will intensify the g...
Most studies that examine CO2-neutral, or near CO2-neutral, power systems by using energy system mod...
The increasing use of renewable energy leads to a higher share of intermittent and volatile electric...
Because solar and wind resources are available throughout Europe, a transition to an electricity sys...
In view of the resource and climate problems, it seems obvious that we must transform our energy sys...
Summary: Local resistance often hinders renewable energy technology developments, especially for ons...
In the recent years, variable renewable energy (VRE) technologies – most importantly solar photovolt...
Recent long term planning studies have demonstrated the important role of variable renewables (VRE) ...
Renewable-based electricity generation technologies are recognized to be a major-prerequisite to rea...