Gotland’s sustainable energy system transition: resources, demand and planning (GoSET)
The project focuses on three aspects (Resources, Demand and Planning) of the energy transition towards a 100% renewable energy system on Gotland.
Details
- Period: 2021-01-01 – 2026-01-31
- Budget: 7,200,000 SEK
- Funder: Internal funding
- Type of funding: Projektbidrag/projektstöd
Description
Uppsala University Graduate School in Sustainability Studies (GRASS) is leading a long-term collaborative project, the main objective of which is to identify the measures needed to make Gotland's energy system 100% renewable.
Planning
This project focuses on the social aspects of transitioning Gotland’s energy system to 100% renewable. The project aims at developing planning-, and policy strategies that are not only technically feasible, but also socially sustainable. This is done using interviews and participatory observations where focus lies on understanding what creates acceptance, participation and equality in the transition to a renewable and efficient energy system. The ambition is that the project, in combination with the co-projects on resources and demand, will create a holistic vision of what will be a successful energy transition on Gotland.
Resources
The island of Gotland will be the first region in Sweden to be powered solely by renewable energy. The vast majority of electricity will be supplied by wind energy, with a swath of new wind farms being planned around the island with ever increasing size. These farms push the boundaries of current wind farm simulation capabilities. The lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) is a new approach to wind farm modelling that can significantly reduce the computational cost of high-fidelity simulations of large wind farms. This project aims at building an LBM framework for conducting wind farm simulations, explore wind farm control methods and model the future energy system on Gotland.
Demand
This project focuses on Gotland’s energy demand; how to accurately quantify it in the present and to predict it for the future. Using large-scale energy modeling, the aim is to create a reliable model of the island, to be able to visualise and simulate future scenarios - regarding for example climate change - and how they may affect Gotland.
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