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Background

The transition towards fossil-free transports and their energy infrastructures will be an important development for the resilient energy systems on a regional level. The power capacity and fluctuations in electricity prices can be both challenging and open up for new opportunities and needs of changed behavior and optimization of processes and actions. At the same time current and coming regulations as well as existing and on-going future plans on both municipality and regional level give the framework for what actions can be taken and when.

Summary

In this project, this is investigated with scenario analysis as the basis and with the aim to increase knowledge on the framework for actions for different actors to contribute to a resilient energy system. The characteristics of the regional energy systems, and a matrix for evaluation of it, with regards to resilience, redundancy, renewable penetrations/share, power/capacity issues and current situation concerning the energy transition and influence of current regulations and development plans are investigated and developed. Case studies result in knowledge on possible development pathways for electrification of transportation and logistics/production sites. The project contribute to new knowledge for the industry partners to be used for development of new practices and business. The public partners can use knowledge from the project in further development of their energy and municipal master plans.

Project goal

The overall aim is to increase knowledge for actions of different actors to contribute to a resilient energy system.

On short term the project will result in that the project partners get a picture of the characterisitics of the regional energy systems with regards to resilience, redundancy, renewable penetrations/share, power/capacity issues and current situation concerning the energy transition and influence of current regulations and development plans. A tool, matrix, for evaluation of the characteristics will be a result. The case studies will result in knowledge on possible development pathways for electrification of transportation and logisitics/production sites.

Another result of the project is collection and processing of data from the region and cases, and making them available. Journal papers and conference presentations are results that will contribute with new knowledge to the research area. Education of a PhD student and contributions to the education of bachelor and master students by their project and degree project work are other results of the project. The research by the post doc will contribute to increased competence.

On a long term perspective the project will contribute to continued research in the area by further identified knowledge gaps, developed models and methods on both characterization and evaluation of regions and on data management and by making data available for future research. It will also contribute to new knowledge for the industry partners to be used for development of new practices and business. The public partners will be able to use knowledge in further development of their energy and municipal master plans.

Activies in the project:

Different regions (including Eskilstuna/Västerås and Öresund/Skåne) with different capacity challenges will be studied. A characterization of the regions based on the energy supply and power capacity challenges will be done. Stakeholder analysis, important parameters identification and sensitivity analysis will be performed. Parameters of interest could be available energy sources, electricity and heat prices, new establishments, ownership, sector –coupling with views from both demand and production side point of view. Analysis of specific cases (a new logistic hub planned for Svealandstrafiken, a specified construction site including Volvo machines, harbours in Helsingborg and Gävle, and logisitics in commercial districts in Västerås and Eskilstuna) will be included. Regional system modelling and scenario analysis will be done. Workshops will be arranged and interviews done with all project partners to identify the current situation, on-going activities and plans, ideas on future development and on data collection and management.