System Efficiency by Renewable Electricity (PDF)

The transformation process of energy production systems from fossil to predominantly renewable technology is very complex and it will require several decades as well as a high capital investment. This book undertakes a detailed analysis and shows the technical options and possible courses of action based on them. For this purpose, the author uses quarter-hourly time series of the supply or (e.g. in the field of electromobility) detailed time series of the load profiles. The author shows which alternatives are economically feasible according to the current status and how a regenerative full supply up to about 85% could be technically and socially possible. Stakeholders in utilities, local politics as well as in technical operating units of energy supply and energy transmission can find numerous suggestions in this book.

• Energy demand, potentials and resources
• Energy economy of efficiency
• Efficiency, sufficiency andaffordability
• Storage and grids
• Buildings and heating
• Mobility
• Sector coupling
• Options for action

• Decision makers in economy and politics, engineers, industrial engineers
• Lecturers and students in the fields of energy technology, energy economics, electrical engineering, industrial engineering and technology assessment

Author

Prof. Dr. Günther Brauner was head of the technical-scientific department in one of the world's largest electrical corporations, held the professorship for energy systems at the Technical University of Vienna and holds various functions in several professional associations (World Energy Council, VDE, OVE, VDI).