Electrification

Accelerating the Energy Transition

1st Edition - August 8, 2021
Editor: Pami Aalto
Language: English
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Electrification: Accelerating the Energy Transition offers a widely applicable framework to delineate context-sensitive pathways by which this transition can be accelerated and lists the types of processes and structures that may hinder progress towards this goal. The framework draws insights from well-established literature, ranging from technological studies to socio-technical studies of energy transitions, on to strategic niche management approaches, (international) political economy approaches, and institutionalist literatures, while also adopting wider social theoretical ideas from structuration theory. Contributors discuss a multitude of case studies drawn from global examples of electrification projects.

Brief case studies and text boxes help users further understand this domain and the technological, infrastructural and societal structures that may exercise significant powers.

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Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
Preface
I. Framework for transition to electrification
Chapter 1. Introduction: electrification and the energy transition
1.1. Electrification as the “new oil”
1.2. Why and how to accelerate electrification?
1.3. Technological part-solutions
1.4. How to engage the wider field of stakeholders?
1.5. Structure of the book
Chapter 2. Globally and locally applicable technologies to accelerate electrification
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Wind power
2.3. Solar energy
2.4. Hydropower
2.5. Marine power
2.6. Bioenergy
2.7. Geothermal energy
2.8. Small modular nuclear reactors
2.9. Conclusion
Appendix 1: Overview of technology features of low carbon energy sources
Chapter 3. How to accelerate electrification? The leverage of policies
3.1. Introduction
3.2. The interests driving policy-makers
3.3. How policy-makers can catalyze change: Types of policy instruments
3.4. How do policy-makers formulate policies?
3.5. From policies to solutions
II. Part-solutions
Chapter 4. How can society accelerate renewable energy production?
4.1. Introduction
4.2. The problem: Constraints on accelerating wind and solar power generation
4.3. Policies
4.4. Case study: Policies for accelerating renewable energy in the EU
4.5. Case study: Federal and state-level policies in the USA
4.6. Case study: The battle against nuclear power in Japan
4.7. Conclusion: Policy mixes for different phases of RES integration
Chapter 5. The role of energy storage and backup solutions for management of a system with a high amount of variable renewable power
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Energy storage options and features in flexible systems
5.3. Battery storage in the USA
5.4. Gas engines and heat storages in future power systems
5.5. The case of household-level batteries
5.6. Conclusion
Chapter 6. Toward smarter and more flexible grids
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Smart grids in electrical energy system transformation
6.3. Need for flexibility
6.4. Case study: Large-scale industrial loads as flexible resources
6.5. Case study: Smart metering
6.6. Case study: Power-based grid tariffs
6.7. Case study: Energy communities and microgrids
6.8. Conclusion and implications
Chapter 7. Policies for climate-neutral road transport
7.1. Introduction
7.2. What do we know?
7.3. The problem: Constraints on electrification in road transport
7.4. Policies
7.5. Case study: Policies for accelerating the EV sector in the Nordic countries
7.6. Case study: EV policies in China and Japan
7.7. Case study: Emission reduction in the heavy-duty transport sector by means of biogas
7.8. Conclusions: Policy lessons
Chapter 8. Electrification and energy efficiency in buildings: Policy implications and interactions
8.1. Introduction: What does electrification mean in the context of buildings?
8.2. The problem: Policies for electrification and energy efficiency
8.3. Case study: The EU's “energy efficiency first” principle in the electrification of buildings
8.4. Case study: Implementation of EU legal rules in Finland
8.5. Interlinkages of energy-efficiency policies with the electrification of buildings
8.6. Conclusion
Chapter 9. From energy consumers to prosumers—how do policies influence the transition?
9.1. Introduction
9.2. What is energy prosumerism?
9.3. The problem: How to engage consumers in the energy system transition?
9.4. Case studies
9.5. Conclusions
Chapter 10. Anticipating future trends in energy transition: Multilevel dynamics in energy policy agenda-setting
10.1. Introduction
10.2. The problem: Path dependency in a large technical system
10.3. Trend pyramid framework combined with the multilevel perspective
10.4. The national level: Discursive struggles on energy policy in Finland
10.5. From national to global level: Big data analyses
10.6. From micro-level niches to global level: Scientific debates
10.7. Conclusions
III. Combining part-solutions
Chapter 11. How to combine various solutions in a national context?
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Case study: The Finnish power system
11.3. Scenarios for future electric power system development in Finland
11.4. Analysis of scenarios for future electric power system development in Finland
11.5. Discussion
11.6. Policy recommendations
Appendix 1. Hot water heat storages connected to district heating networks in use and already decided projects
Chapter 12. Analyzing electrification scenarios for the northern European energy system
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Scenarios for 2030
12.3. A scenario for 2050
12.4. Results: the scenario for 2030
12.5. Results: the 2050 case
12.6. Conclusions
Chapter 13. Toward a roadmap for electrification
13.1. Introduction
13.2. Electrification and phases of transition
13.3. How to move from one phase to another: electrification in practice
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