Developing and assessing rapid energy decarbonisation scenarios considering technical constraints

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Title
Developing and assessing rapid energy decarbonisation scenarios considering technical constraints

CoPED ID
66a2152c-69ba-4298-b395-847f128b55da

Status
Active

Funders

Value
No funds listed.

Start Date
Sept. 30, 2020

End Date
Sept. 29, 2023

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In order to meet the increasingly challenging decarbonisation targets, the delivery of relevant interventions considering technical network constraints is critical. Regardless, lead-in time, speed of delivery and technical constraints for interventions to reduce carbon are still not fully considered in the context of the remaining carbon budget.

This PhD aims to address these issues of time, carbon budgets and energy system change for direct application in city scale planning. Specific objectives include:
(i) Model technical constraints, e.g., electricity network reinforcements and relevant construction lead-in times, to implement interventions at local authority scale across buildings and transport sectors.
(ii) Identify needed change in demand patterns and financial processes to reach the highest technically and economically feasible carbon reduction rate.
(iii) Identify the latest points in time when key decarbonisation interventions can be made to meet climate change targets.
(iv) Develop new methods for projecting the net carbon saving at a city level - including techniques to support improved near-term forecasting of energy demand and emissions.

Owen Smith STUDENT_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Climate changes
  2. Emissions
  3. Greenhouse gases
  4. Decrease (active)
  5. Carbon
  6. Climate policy
  7. Urban design
  8. Change
  9. Carbon dioxide
  10. Objectives
  11. Sustainable development
  12. Energy policy
  13. Towns and cities

Extracted key phrases
  1. Technical network constraint
  2. Rapid energy decarbonisation scenario
  3. Model technical constraint
  4. Key decarbonisation intervention
  5. Challenging decarbonisation target
  6. Energy system change
  7. Feasible carbon reduction rate
  8. Net carbon saving
  9. Carbon budget
  10. Climate change target
  11. Relevant intervention
  12. Relevant construction lead
  13. Energy demand
  14. City scale planning
  15. Electricity network reinforcement

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