Smart energy and smart energy systems

Henrik Lund, Poul Alberg Østergaard, David Connolly and Brian Vad Mathiesen

Energy, 2017, vol. 137, issue C, 556-565

Abstract: In recent years, the terms “Smart Energy” and “Smart Energy Systems” have been used to express an approach that reaches broader than the term “Smart grid”. Where Smart Grids focus primarily on the electricity sector, Smart Energy Systems take an integrated holistic focus on the inclusion of more sectors (electricity, heating, cooling, industry, buildings and transportation) and allows for the identification of more achievable and affordable solutions to the transformation into future renewable and sustainable energy solutions. This paper first makes a review of the scientific literature within the field. Thereafter it discusses the term Smart Energy Systems with regard to the issues of definition, identification of solutions, modelling, and integration of storage. The conclusion is that the Smart Energy System concept represents a scientific shift in paradigms away from single-sector thinking to a coherent energy systems understanding on how to benefit from the integration of all sectors and infrastructures.

Keywords: Renewable energy systems; Smart grid; Energy system modelling; Electro fuels; Power-to-Gas; Power-to-heat (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.05.123

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