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Future Energy Mix

The work undertaken in the Future Energy Mix work-stream falls under the theme "More Electric Futures". The UK Government has stated its intention to move towards an 80% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050. The dramatic cuts in CO2 in the whole economy and the electricity sector in particular envisaged by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) require radical changes: incremental changes are most unlikely to deliver this policy objective. The Future Energy Mix work-stream considers the kind of radical changes necessary for major CO2 reductions and examines the implication for energy networks.

Progress against these objectives include:

The demand placed on the electricity system in GB from the increased use of electricity as the vector for energy transmission and distribution has been assessed. This complements earlier visions and scenarios work, and is itself now largely complete. Since the FlexNet programme was defined in 2007, there has been a rapidly increasing interest in the use of electricity for road vehicles.
The accommodation of significantly increased electricity use within the GB power system is being assessed. In light of the CCC reports, the task now includes greater emphasis of vehicles alongside building heating via heat pumps.
Following contact with local stakeholders, the study of integrated local distribution of gas/heat/electricity has focused upon the appraisal requirements for modern integrated energy distribution systems and the tools currently available to infrastructure developers.
In the light of the rising interest in the heat sector, green mobility and other distributed technologies, comprehensive models are being developed to analyse implications of the adoption of heat pumps and green mobility, the feasibility of heat networks and their interaction with electrical networks. The focus here is more on a large-scale strategic perspective, including the impact on multi-voltage level distribution networks and the transmission system.
A web-based storage and retrieval system is being developed to facilitate dissemination of the renewable resource datasets previously developed.

Work-stream Leader

Professor Nick Jenkins

Cardiff School of Engineering

Queen's Buildings, The Parade

Cardiff University

Cardiff, CF24 3AA, Wales, UK

Tel: +44 (0) 29 2087 4428

Email: JenkinsN6@cardiff.ac.uk



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