The meetings were held at the library (Boothzaal) of Utrecht University, in cooperation with the Utrecht Sustainability Institute (USI) each time from 16:00 (walk-in from 15:30h) to 19:30h.
The presentations, held symposia during 2016 - 2017, are:
Meeting 2: Exploring functional energy demand (2)
Meeting 2: Exploring functional energy demand (2) on Tuesday 22 November 2016
Presentations:
- Naar een duurzame industrie in een net-zero carbon world door prof. dr. Ernst Worrell, Universiteit Utrecht
- Naar een CO2-arme procesindustrie door electrificatie van de chemie door dr. Martijn de Graaff, TNO/VoltaChem
- CO2 reductie in de staalproductie door ing. Hans Kiesewetter, Group Environment Tata Steel
- Verduurzamingsaanpak bij AkzoNobel door Ir. Remko Ybema MSc, AkzoNobel
- Intro & samenvatting Programma EnergyNL2050 - t/m 3 door Marcel Weeda ECN Vz.
- FLEXNET Aanpak en Resultaten: Een CO2-vrije energievoorziening in 2050: implicaties voor het NL elektriciteitssysteem door Jos Sijm ECN
- VoltaChem Electricication of the Chemical Industry by Robert de Kler Voltachem
- Systeem Integratie voor de Energie transitie door Joris Knigge Topsector Energy NL
- Stellingen Paneldiscussie op Symposium EnergyNL2050 dd. 20-04-2017
Climate agreements in Paris
With the announcement "Cabinet gives starting shot for Climate Accord" on 23-03-2018, the government is fulfilling the agreements at the Paris climate summit with the urgency to bring global CO2 emissions to almost zero. In 2016, a group from the Department of Electrical Engineering started setting up an energy plan with the theme "The future of Dutch carbon-free Energy System in 2050", The symposia of the EnergyNL2050 series and the outcomes of the 4 meetings are closely aligned with the current discussion on need for far-reaching reduction of CO2 emissions and transition to a sustainable energy system.
These started with the energy agenda dated 8 December 2016 of the Rutte 1 government and the Energy Policy Outline and the route to a low-CO2 energy supply further highlighted the topicality of the EnergyNL2050 project.
EnergyNL2050
In the earlier EU2050powerlab series, expert speakers explained what our electricity system could potentially look like in 2050. That was based on an extrapolation of current electricity consumption. EnergyNL2050 is about total energy demand, which is much larger and consists of electricity, heat and fuels.
Energy dialogue
The government released the Energy Report in 2015 with a view to 2050 and is now conducting the energy dialogue. The output of this dialogue, combined with other inputs, should lead to a policy document in autumn 2016. There, too, CO2 reduction is a key theme. All the more reason to delve deeper into the background in EnergyNL2050.
The series consisted of four meetings EnergyNL2050:
The first and second meetings discussed the composition of the Netherlands' energy demand and the opportunities for making it highly sustainable, analysing the demand of the various sectors, such as transport, mobility, chemical industry and steel production, which require a lot of energy.
In the third meeting, the supply of energy was presented. A large share will come from renewable sources such as wind and solar.
In this meeting, the focus was on:
- How can we adjust energy demand to the variability of supply and
- How will the electricity grid need to be adapted?
The fourth meeting was dedicated to discussing a highly sustainable energy scenario, aimed at such low CO2 emissions.
We thus arrived at an energy scheme, meeting the expected target of reducing CO2 emissions to (much) less than 20 Mtonnes and also investigated whether completely CO2-free energy production is possible. Gradually, this turned out to be more feasible than originally anticipated.
Starting point
The basis was a report published by CE-Delft at the request of the RLI institute entitled:Verkenning functionele energievraag en CO2-emissies tot 2050. This document included reflections and scenarios from Greenpeace, among others.
Reports
- 2018-03-21 KIVI energy plan: irregular wind and solar can be dealt with
- 2017-11-09 ECN: Six times more demand for flexibility in 2050; role for storage smaller than thought
- You have been invited to view Mediasite presentations on the following topic: Energy NL 2050
- News register with items on the energy plan, which can form the basis for a promising transition can be found under Newsarticles and Subjects for Progam EnergyNL2050.
KIVI Electrical Engineering's previous programmes have been conducted and presentations can be downloaded at: EU-2050 Power Lab and Home Lab 2050
