SeEiS - Modelling of the Substitution Effects of Renewable Energies in the German and European Electricity Sector
One of Germany's main strategies to achieve their climate and energy goals is to replace fossil energy carriers with renewable energy. In order to estimate the greenhouse gas emissions that can be saved through this substitution, the integration of the German into the European energy markets has been largely neglected so far.
The SeEiS project aims at setting up an energy systems model in a way such that a hypothetical power plant can be simulated in the European electricity market. This will enable the comparison of the real electricity system with generation from renewable technologies installed in Germany with a system without German renewable electricity generation.
As a result, the substitution effects in Germany are quantified for the period from 2013 to 2018. The methodology used for this purpose can be further used for future research projects in order to enable a consistent analysis, evaluation and extrapolation of the substitution effects and to provide a robust basis for argumentation.
TEP Energy contributed in this project mainly to the analysis of the electricity demand regarding statistically relevant seasonal patterns and trends.
Project Infos
Project duration2017 - 2020
Contact at TEP EnergyUlrich Reiter
Contracting partyGerman Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
Project partners ESA2, TU Dresden, KIT
Final report (in German)PDF
Project websiteUBA SeEiS Website
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