DOI: 10.1080/14693062.2016.1160864
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84973137859
论文题名: Assessment of the EU 10% interconnection target in the context of CO2 mitigation†
作者: Mezősi A ; , Pató Z ; , Szabó L
刊名: Climate Policy
ISSN: 1469-3062
EISSN: 1752-7457
出版年: 2016
卷: 16, 期: 5 起始页码: 658
结束页码: 672
语种: 英语
英文关键词: CO2 emission
; cross-border infrastructure development
; electricity market modelling
; security of supply assessment
Scopus关键词: carbon dioxide
; carbon emission
; electricity generation
; energy market
; environmental policy
; European Union
; infrastructural development
; Europe
Scopus学科分类: nvironmental Science: General Environmental Science
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Atmospheric Science
英文摘要: The European Commission has proposed the target of achieving an interconnection capacity of at least 10% of the installed electricity production capacity for each Member State by 2020 in the context of the envisaged Energy Union. The underlying objectives are to increase the security of supply at affordable prices via market integration and to contribute to decarbonization by accommodating an increasing level of renewable generation. In this article we have assessed whether this target could effectively fulfil these two objectives. Our main focus is on the assessment of the impacts of compliance with the 10% interconnection target on the carbon emission of the European electricity system. Our main research question concerns the impact of interconnection capacity increases on EU carbon emission due to the better market integration, disregarding the RES-E integration aspects. In order to arrive at workable scenarios for the future cross-border capacity extension, the security of supply and market integration impacts are also assessed. We concluded on the basis of our European dispatch model that full compliance would slightly increase carbon emission in the EU, ceteris paribus. This impact is due to increased coal- and lignite-based electricity production, mainly in Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. By increasing the interconnections of these countries with their neighbours at the present low carbon price under the EU emissions trading scheme, these carbon-intensive electricity systems run on higher utilization rates and consequently increase carbon emission. It has to be emphasized that the increase is found for the current situation, and changes in other factors, such as increases in carbon prices or renewable generation, could modify this result. Policy relevance Our results demonstrate that EU network development and climate policies are highly interconnected. Changing patterns in the interconnections of the EU electricity systems connect diverse generation portfolios and in a low carbon price environment could increase carbon emission at the community level. Policy makers should be aware of the interactions between these areas and design policy tools that also consider negative synergies. © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80357
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作者单位: Corvinus University of Budapest, Regional Centre for Energy Policy Research, Budapest, Hungary
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Mezősi A,, Pató Z,, Szabó L. Assessment of the EU 10% interconnection target in the context of CO2 mitigation†[J]. Climate Policy,2016-01-01,16(5)