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Resumo:Portugal has been demonstrating over the years a high dependence of imported fossil fuels, especially with regard to the transportation and electricity production sectors. The urgent need to balance supply and demand as well as the growing concern about environmental issues and reduction of external energy dependency justified an increasing interest in the exploitation of renewable energy sources (RES) looking for more efficient strategies in terms of economic and social or environmental dimensions. The electricity sector represented a clear example of this RES trend with European and Portuguese policies focused on strategies promoting renewable resources and energy efficiency. Following different studies already conducted in other countries, this paper presents an approach to a possible 100% renewable electricity scenario in Portugal, supported by the application of the model EnergyPLAN. The importance of the interconnection as stabilization measure for a system highly dependent on renewable energy sources of variable output is put in evidence. The results also established that the cost structure of each scenario is mainly driven by the low marginal cost of renewable technologies along with their high investment costs.
Autores principais:Fernandes, Liliana
Outros Autores:Ferreira, Paula Varandas
Assunto:Renewable energy sources (RES) Portugal 100% renewable scenarios Renewable energy sources Electricity system 100% renewable
Ano:2014
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
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description Portugal has been demonstrating over the years a high dependence of imported fossil fuels, especially with regard to the transportation and electricity production sectors. The urgent need to balance supply and demand as well as the growing concern about environmental issues and reduction of external energy dependency justified an increasing interest in the exploitation of renewable energy sources (RES) looking for more efficient strategies in terms of economic and social or environmental dimensions. The electricity sector represented a clear example of this RES trend with European and Portuguese policies focused on strategies promoting renewable resources and energy efficiency. Following different studies already conducted in other countries, this paper presents an approach to a possible 100% renewable electricity scenario in Portugal, supported by the application of the model EnergyPLAN. The importance of the interconnection as stabilization measure for a system highly dependent on renewable energy sources of variable output is put in evidence. The results also established that the cost structure of each scenario is mainly driven by the low marginal cost of renewable technologies along with their high investment costs.
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spellingShingle Renewable energy scenarios in the portuguese electricity system
Fernandes, Liliana
Renewable energy sources (RES)
Portugal
100% renewable scenarios
Renewable energy sources
Electricity system
100% renewable
status SINGLETON
subject.fl_str_mv Renewable energy sources (RES)
Portugal
100% renewable scenarios
Renewable energy sources
Electricity system
100% renewable
title Renewable energy scenarios in the portuguese electricity system
title_full Renewable energy scenarios in the portuguese electricity system
title_fullStr Renewable energy scenarios in the portuguese electricity system
title_full_unstemmed Renewable energy scenarios in the portuguese electricity system
title_short Renewable energy scenarios in the portuguese electricity system
title_sort Renewable energy scenarios in the portuguese electricity system
topic Renewable energy sources (RES)
Portugal
100% renewable scenarios
Renewable energy sources
Electricity system
100% renewable
topic_facet Renewable energy sources (RES)
Portugal
100% renewable scenarios
Renewable energy sources
Electricity system
100% renewable
url https://hdl.handle.net/1822/26140
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