Bioenergy futures in Sweden - Modeling integration scenarios for biofuel production
Journal article, 2016

Use of bioenergy can contribute to greenhouse gas emission reductions and increased energy security. However, even though biomass is a renewable resource, the potential is limited, and efficient use of available biomass resources will become increasingly important. This paper aims to explore system interactions related to future bioenergy utilization and cost-efficient bioenergy technology choices under stringent CO2 constraints. In particular, the study investigates system effects linked to integration of advanced biofuel production with district heating and industry under different developments in the electricity sector and biomass supply system. The study is based on analysis with the MARKAL_Sweden model, which is a bottom-up, cost-optimization model covering the Swedish energy system. A time horizon to 2050 is applied. The results suggest that system integration of biofuel production has noteworthy effects on the overall system level, improves system cost-efficiency and influences parameters such as biomass price, marginal CO2 emission reduction costs and cost-efficient biofuel choices in the transport sector. In the long run and under stringent CO2 constraints, system integration of biofuel production has, however, low impact on total bioenergy use, which is largely decided by supply-related constraints, and on total transport biofuel use, which to large extent is driven by demand.

Energy system

Model

Biofuel

MARKAL

Bioeconomy

Biomass

Author

Martin Börjesson

Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Energy Technology

Karin Pettersson

Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Industrial Energy Systems and Technologies

Erik Ahlgren

Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Energy Technology

Energy

0360-5442 (ISSN) 18736785 (eISSN)

Vol. 109 1026-1039

Driving Forces

Sustainable development

Subject Categories

Energy Engineering

Areas of Advance

Energy

DOI

10.1016/j.energy.2016.04.044

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Created

10/7/2017