Oduro, RA and Taylor, PG orcid.org/0000-0001-7456-3744 (2023) Future pathways for energy networks: A review of international experiences in high income countries. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 171. 113002. ISSN 1364-0321
Abstract
Energy networks are the systems of pipes and wires by which different energy vectors are transported from where they are produced to where they are needed. As such, these networks are central to facilitating countries’ moves away from a reliance on fossil fuels to a system based around the efficient use of renewable and other low carbon forms of energy. In this review we highlight the challenges facing energy networks from this transition in a sample of key high income countries. We identify the technical and other innovations being implemented to meet these challenges and describe some of the new policy and regulatory developments that are incentivising the required changes. We then review evidence from the literature about the benefits of moving to a more integrated approach based on the concept of a Multi-Vector Energy Network (MVEN). Under this approach the different networks are planned and operated together to achieve greater functionality and performance than simply the sum of the individual networks. We find that most studies identify a range of benefits from an MVEN approach, but that these findings are based on model simulations. Further work is therefore needed to verify whether the benefits can be realised in practice and to identify how any risks can be mitigated.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Electrification; Hydrogen network; Gas network; Energy regulation; Multi-vector energy network; Integrated energy system |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) EP/S00078X/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 16 Nov 2022 15:40 |
Last Modified: | 16 Nov 2022 15:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.rser.2022.113002 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:193381 |