Design of low-carbon utility systems: Exploiting time-dependent grid emissions for climate-friendly demand-side management

Nils Baumgärtner, Roman Delorme, Maike Hennen and André Bardow

Applied Energy, 2019, vol. 247, issue C, 755-765

Abstract: Efficient energy supply is key to reduce industrial greenhouse gas emissions. In the industry, energy is often supplied by on-site utility systems with electricity grid connection. Usually, electricity from the grid is assumed to have annually averaged emission factors when greenhouse gas emissions are calculated. However, emissions from electricity production are in fact time-dependent to match continuously varying demand and supply. These time dependent emissions offer the potential to reduce emissions by temporal shifting of electricity demand in demand-side management.

Keywords: Renewable energy; Energy supply system; Direct and indirect GHG emissions; Marginal emissions; Decarbonisation; Multi-objective optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.04.029

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