Technology scale and supply chains in a secure, affordable and low carbon energy transition
Technology scale and supply chains in a secure, affordable and low carbon energy transition
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DOI：
10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.12.006
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发表时间：
2014-06-15
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11.2
通讯作者：
Hoggett, Richard
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作者：
Hoggett, Richard
这项研究探索了英国能源系统中技术规模、能源安全和脱碳之间的关系。对于如何最好地实现能源政策的这些目标，存在相当大的不确定性，但关注供应链及其弹性可以为了解不确定性造成的问题提供有用的见解。技术规模对此至关重要，通过对核电和太阳能光伏供应链的分析，有人认为，规模较小的技术更有可能支持和实现安全、低碳的能源过渡。这是因为它们的供应链不那么复杂，表现出更大的灵活性和适应性，可以对能源系统内的变化做出快速反应，因此它们比大规模技术更具弹性。在快速变化的能源系统中，这些特征可能变得越来越重要，优先考虑那些表现出韧性、灵活性和适应性的技术，将更好地实现快速、可持续、安全和负担得起的过渡。(C)2013年提交人。爱思唯尔有限公司出版。保留所有权利。
This research explores the relationship between technology scale, energy security and decarbonisation within the UK energy system. There is considerable uncertainty about how best to deliver on these goals for energy policy, but a focus on supply chains and their resilience can provide useful insights into the problems uncertainty causes. Technology scale is central to this, and through an analysis of the supply chains of nuclear power and solar photovoltaics, it is suggested that smaller scale technologies are more likely to support and enable a secure, low carbon energy transition. This is because their supply chains are less complex, show more flexibility and adaptability, and can quickly respond to changes within an energy system, and as such they are more resilient than large scale technologies. These characteristics are likely to become increasingly important in a rapidly changing energy system, and prioritising those technologies that demonstrate resilience, flexibility and adaptability will better enable a transition that is rapid, sustainable, secure and affordable. (C) 2013 The Author. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.