Wilson, I.A.G, Rennie, A.J.R, Ding, Y et al. (3 more authors) (2013) Historical daily gas and electrical energy flows through Great Britain's transmission networks and the decarbonisation of domestic heat. Energy Policy, 61. 301 - 305. ISSN 0734-9750
Abstract
Publically available data is presented comparing recent historical daily energy flows through Great Britain's electrical and gas transmission networks with a focus on domestic heat and hot water. When this data is expressed graphically it illustrates important differences in the characteristics of the gas and electricity demand; these include the quantity of energy delivered through the networks on a daily basis, the scale of variability in the gas demand over multiple timescales (seasonal, weekly and daily) and the relative stability and predictability of the electrical demand. As the United Kingdom proceeds to migrate heating demands to the electrical network in its drive to cut carbon emissions, electrical demand will increase, but equally importantly the variability and uncertainty shown in the gas demand will also migrate to the electrical demand, which suggests both technical challenges and opportunities for management of future energy networks.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013 The Author(s). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Energy system balancing; Heat storage; Electrification of heat |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/H019596/1 EPSRC EP/K002252/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 06 May 2014 13:07 |
Last Modified: | 18 Nov 2016 17:09 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.110 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.enpol.2013.05.110 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:78809 |