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: Received: 27 February 2023 / Approved: 28 February 2023 / Online: 28 February 2023 (02:53:02 CET)
How to cite:
Buettner, S.M.; Döpp, J.; Strauch, L.; Gilles, M.; König, W.; Klingler, A. Increasing the Voltage – Sequencing Decarbonisation With Green Power & Efficiency. Preprints2023, 2023020495. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0495.v1
Buettner, S.M.; Döpp, J.; Strauch, L.; Gilles, M.; König, W.; Klingler, A. Increasing the Voltage – Sequencing Decarbonisation With Green Power & Efficiency. Preprints 2023, 2023020495. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0495.v1
Buettner, S.M.; Döpp, J.; Strauch, L.; Gilles, M.; König, W.; Klingler, A. Increasing the Voltage – Sequencing Decarbonisation With Green Power & Efficiency. Preprints2023, 2023020495. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0495.v1
APA Style
Buettner, S.M., Döpp, J., Strauch, L., Gilles, M., König, W., & Klingler, A. (2023). Increasing the Voltage – Sequencing Decarbonisation With Green Power & Efficiency. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0495.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Buettner, S.M., Werner König and Anna-Lena Klingler. 2023 "Increasing the Voltage – Sequencing Decarbonisation With Green Power & Efficiency" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202302.0495.v1
Abstract
The quickest and easiest way to avoid greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is to purchase renewable electricity and offset the remaining emissions. However, the industrial sector’s electricity needs already exceed renewable electricity generation. Moreover, electricity accounts for only one third of the industry’s energy needs. Simultaneously, the advance of sectoral coupling and the decarbonisation of industrial processes, as well as the desire to rapidly decrease dependence on fossil fuels, are creating significant additional demand for renewable energy. Neither existing nor planned generation and transmission infrastructure will suffice to meet the expected short-term demand. Based on survey data from the German Industry Energy Efficiency Index, this article therefore examines the share of GHG savings that companies intend to achieve on- and off-site. Understanding how much additional generation and transmission capacity is needed by the industry to decarbonise and by when is crucial to identify and address the extent of excess demand. On average, companies plan to avoid 22 % of their 2019 emissions by 2025 and 27 % by 2030, primarily through on-site measures. In combination with the extrapolation of the entire industry’s needs for off-site capacity, the data calls for a rapid expansion of planning authority and green generation capacities.
Keywords
decarbonisation; energy supply security; energy demand; energy systems; industry; capacity planning
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Economics
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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