earth observation for monitoring and assessment of the environmental impact of energy use
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Earth observation for monitoring and assessment of the environmental impact of energy use. Energy demand will continue to grow. Complexity & Scale. Project background. Environmental issues increase in complexity and scale!. Indoor AQ. Urban AQ. Acid Rain. Ozone. Eutro-fication. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Earth observation for monitoring and assessment of the environmental impact of energy use
Earth observation for monitoring and assessment of the environmental impact of energy use
Energy demand will continue to grow
19-04-2023WP7 Project Management 2
Project background
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Environmental issues increase in complexity and scale!
1940-60 1980-90 2000-10
Complexity & Scale
Indoor AQ Urban AQ Acid Rain Eutro-fication
PM & health
Ozone Climate change
Project objectivesA reliable and sustainable energy supply is a major challenge for Europe, and meeting our energy needs in a sustainable way will be the main challenge of the 21st century
EnerGEO develops a strategy for a global assessment of current and future impacts of the exploitation of energy resources on the environment and ecosystems based on the use of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) capacities. This strategy is demonstrated for a variety of energy resources worldwide (fossil fuels, biomass, solar and wind energy).
EnerGEO combines:1. Existing energy system models and environmental impact
models2. Existing global earth observation data sets from which
environmental impact indicators as well as energy potential parameters are deduced.
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Project objectives
4 Pilots were selected for testing and demonstrating the observation system and developed scenarios: Fossil fuels: impact on atmospheric composition and land
degradationBiomass: impact on ecosystems, biodiversity and food
securitySolar energy: select optimum power plant locations and support
electricity grid integrationWind: assess the potential (net) energy, assess
environmental impacts of the substitution of fossil energy by wind power
all pilot outputs will be converted into Environmental Impact Assessments and tentatively integrated through the Platform Integrated Assessment (PIA)
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Project logic
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GEO Context
EnerGEO represents a major contribution of the European Commission to GEOSS, in particular to the Societal Benefit Area (SBA) Energy and the GEO-tasks • EN-01 (Energy and Geo-Resources Management) and• SB-05 (Impact Assessment of Human Activities)
By developing a distributed systembased on the recommendations of the GEO-Architecture and Data Committee (ADC), global collection and dissemination ofdata relating to the impact of energy use on the environmentwill be supported.
Contributions to AIP6
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The SBAs of GEOSS
Biomass - Energy potentials
G4M is used to produce global energy potentials from forestry
EPIC is used to produce global energy potentials from crops
BETHY/DLR uses remote sensing data to derive regional energy potentials from forestry and crops.• Europe• Pakistan• Uganda
Specific attention to validation based on in-situ data
LIDAR assessments
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Energy potentials from forests as computed with the G4M model. Values in TJ/y/grid cell of 0.5x0.5º. White: no forest. Red: tropical forests and savannahs.
Solar energy: Siting supportThe aim of this part of the solar energy pilot is to provide a web service with information on the best locations to build a solar park. Inputs used are solar radiation, land use, population density, infrastructure, electricity grid, etc. Output is available as maps and as location-specific raster diagrams.
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Left: examples of input maps (electric grid, population, irradiance) to calculate best sites to locate a solar power plant.Right: example of output of the web service: map with potential for solar power plants and raster diagram for one location.
Wind - LCA Results:
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Configuration selected: 20 years life time; 40 turbines; high maintenance; high failure rate; fixed & floating foundations.
Technology assessment in energy supply systems
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Power demand
Conventional power plantsNuclear, coalCCGT, gas
Storage Pumped hydro Compressed Air Energy Storage
Hydrogen
Demand Side ManagementIndustry & households(ongoing research)
Electric vehicles
Heat demand
DC - TransmissionOverhead lines or earth cables
AC - TransmissionSimplified representation of the current high voltage grid
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BEV/EREV: different charging strategies, V2G.Battery capacity of the vehicle fleet in temporal resolution.
FCEV: flexible on-site H2-generation
Flex. CHP-operation:- heat storage- Peak load boilers
Renewable power
generation potentials
Optimisation module REMixLeast-cost power supply, spatially and temporally explicit
Mo. 30.10 Di. 31.10 Mi. 1.11 Do. 2.11 Fr. 3.11 Sa. 4.11 So. 5.11
Model
Results: Strategies for power generation & storage
Fossil Fuels – Energy Transition
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Fossil fuel use in power generation will change considerably, impacting temporal variability which is currently neglected in impact assessments
Fossil Fuels – Energy Transition
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When change in emission timing is included, power plant pollution is more persistent
PIA – Energy Scenarios
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Four energy scenarios for Europe are defined and will be assessed in the PIA
Fig. ‘Open Europe’ energy scenario, characterised by a relatively large share of electricity from biomass, calculated with the GAINS model.
PIA – Energy Scenarios
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Four energy scenarios for Europe are defined and will be assessed in the PIA
Renewable energy policies induce extensive co-benefits for mercury abatement due to restructuring of energy system and changes in fuel-mix
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-75%
-50%
-25%
0%
2005 2010 2020 2030 2040 2050
relative to 2005
Baseline
Open Europe
Island Europe
Max Ren
LC-MFR
Mercury emissions relative to
2005
Platform for Integrated Assessment: PIA
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EnerGEO portal – link to GEOSS
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EnerGEO Portal Architecture is linked to GEOSS Common Infrastructure (GCI)
EnerGEO portal extended to knowledge portal
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http://www.energeo-project.eu/
Example of web service available through EnerGEO portal: Climate change impact of solar panels (CO2 / KWh)
19-04-2023WP6 Dissemination 20
Summer School
Unlocking the renewable energy potentials for Africa
Makarere University, Uganda, March 4 – 13, 2013
Presentation by Peter Zeil at 13:10
- Application of EO data are many, … - Quantification of added value of EO data- Expansion to
- Global data sets- Other renewable and FF sources (Geothermal, Shale gas)- full suite of technologies (solar, wind)
- Renewable energy modelling should be developed further- Include direct impacts of renewables in integrated
assessment (broader focus than avoided FF)- Assess impacts land use change and biofuels- Fossil fuel impacts should be assessed in more detail as their
role will change, but remain important for the next decades. - Harmonize fate and impact factors in scenario based
assessments and LCA.- Integration and connection to developments in other sectors
Future research needs
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Earth observation for monitoring and assessment of the environmental impact of energy use
Thank youhttp://www.energeo-project.eu/
EnerGEO final event
24 & 25 October, 2013
Utrecht, the Netherlands