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Safeguarding Climate Targets: Hydropower Flexibility Facilities
Author(s) -
Bauhofer Peter,
Zoglauer Michael
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemie ingenieur technik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1522-2640
pISSN - 0009-286X
DOI - 10.1002/cite.202000157
Subject(s) - hydropower , renewable energy , flexibility (engineering) , safeguard , safeguarding , environmental economics , electricity generation , photovoltaics , business , wind power , electricity , energy security , environmental resource management , environmental science , natural resource economics , engineering , power (physics) , photovoltaic system , economics , medicine , physics , nursing , management , quantum mechanics , international trade , electrical engineering
Starting from an electricity generation from renewable sources (RESE) of 74 % today (mainly by domestic hydropower), the Austrian climate and energy policy aims not less than 100 % by 2030. The additional generation from wind power and photovoltaics will increase the requirement for reasonable seasonal flexibility. Additional highly cost and energy efficient functional units of flexible hydropower assets will play a key role to meet future system needs in all time frames and to safeguard security of supply. The basic results of this study are a useful orientation for countries with high RESE penetration targets.