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Joint Research Centre

Institute for Energy and Transport

Christian Thiel

Scientific Project Manager, Energy Technology Policy Outlook

Unit

Joint Research Centre - Institute for Energy and Transport

http://iet.jrc.ec.europa.eu

http:// setis.ec.europa.eu

European Commission

(28 Commission members)

Panorama of the European Union

European

Parliament

SG

European Court of

Auditors

The Council of the

European Union

The Committee of

the Regions

Court of Justice Economic and

Social Committee

RELEX ENTR MOVE ENER RTD JRC

IPSC IET IHCP ITU IPTS IES IRMM

CLIMA

Máire Geoghegan-

Quinn Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner

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The mission of the Joint Research Centre – Institute for Energy and Transport (IET) is to

provide support to Community policies and technology innovation related both:

• energy - to ensure sustainable, safe, secure and efficient energy production, distribution

and use and

• transport -to foster sustainable and efficient mobility in Europe

Petten, The Netherlands

Ispra, Italy

JRC Institute for Energy and Transport

• Renewable energy

• Sustainable & safe nuclear energy

• Energy Security, System and

Markets

• Energy technologies modelling and

assessment

• Alternative fuels

• Hydrogen and fuel cells

• Sustainable transport

• Energy efficiency

Key scientific activities

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• Energy service demand

• Primary energy potentials and import prices

• Renewable potentials

• Technology data

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• Optimal technology mix over time (supply & demand side)

• Total system costs (investment + variable)

• Final energy demand

• Emissions

• Energy prices

• Trans-mission grid bottle-necks

• RES power curtailment

• Grid expansion needs

• Security of supply indicators

IET modelling landscape

JRC-EU-TIMES key characteristics

• Model horizon is 2005-2050 (2075)

• 70 exogenous demands for energy services across 5 demand sectors (agriculture, residential, commercial, industry, and transport)

• Economic drivers from general equilibrium model GEM-E3 – with demand elasticities used for different drivers

• Supply sector description (fuel mining, primary and secondary production, import and export)

• Explicit representation of country-to-country energy flows, incl. endogenous electricity and gas trade, and import / exports with non-European regions

• Electricity multi-grid model (high, medium and low voltage grid), tracking demand-supply via 12 time slices (4 seasons, 3 diurnal periods), and gas across 4 seasons

• Country specific differences for characterisation of the conversion and end-use technologies

• Renewable potential (onshore wind, offshore wind, geothermal, biomass, biogas, hydro) 6

Thank you!

Please visit the SETIS website:

http://setis.ec.europa.eu

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The Commission's Strategic Energy Technologies Information System

Thank You! Visit us at: setis.ec.europa.eu

Energy Technology Policy Outlook

Assess the impact of energy technology innovation on the

transition to a low carbon society, for informed decisions

in support of the energy, transport, research and

innovation policies of the European Union.

Key activities

• Technology assessment (techno-socio-economics)

• Reference technology databases

• Modelling of technologies, sectors and the energy system

• Management and operation of the Commission’s Strategic

Energy Technologies Information System (SETIS)

Themes: Low-carbon technologies (CCS, wind, marine,

geothermal, nuclear fission, energy storage), heavy industry, e-

mobility, critical materials, innovation capacities.