Volume 26: Closing Carbon Cycles – A Transformation Process Involving Technology, Economy, and Society: Part I

Local and decentralized or global and centralized: assessment of two paradigms for the European power system decarbonization Victor Guillot, Gildas Siggini, Edi Assoumou

https://doi.org/10.46855/energy-proceedings-10164

Abstract

The increasing share of renewable energy systems (RES) at the European scale enables the shift from a centralized to a decentralized power system with small units located close to consumption sites. Decentralized power systems enhance social acceptance, however it requires a deep change of the current grid. This study explores with the model eTIMES-EU the feasibility conditions, barriers and benefits of this change with a land use perspective.

Keywords Power system, Europe, TIMES, Energy planning, Decentralized

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