Project description
Representing societal needs in a decarbonised future
To limit global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius and hinder climate change, the Paris Agreement requires the adoption of a variety of different renewable energy sources. To achieve this transition, several factors, including technological innovation, socio-economic variables and the availability of resources, need to be taken into consideration. However, their uncertain nature could be an issue. Energy system modelling (ESM) provides stakeholders with a tool to adapt and utilise these factors to achieve decarbonisation, but it doesn’t account for social acceptance, which could have significant impacts. Funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the WINDACCEPT project aims to develop a novel methodology for ESM that will represent societal needs during decision-making.
Objective
Decarbonisation of the energy system is key to achieving the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global temperature rise to below 2°C which can be achieved by electrified and interconnected systems with a high share of variable renewables. This transition is shaped by uncertain factors, which include technology innovation, resource availability, and socio-economic variables. Energy system modelling (ESM) has been a key policy tool to study decarbonisation pathways. ESM provides stakeholders in the energy sector with knowledge-based and systematic methods to reach decisions about which technologies to support. However, present day ESM mainly integrates techno-economical input parameters, whereas social factors, such as local responses to new installations, are largely neglected. ESM might therefore produce solutions that are not accepted by communities and as a result, could jeopardize energy transition goals. The main goal of SAMVIND is to develop an innovative and highly interdisciplinary mixed-methods approach to represent community acceptance, stakeholder interests, and well-being variables in ESM. This new methodology will be developed and applied to the case of Norway, a country with excellent wind resources but high local opposition towards their development. The methodology will contribute to elucidate the impacts of community barriers and value the costs and benefits of alternative options on the net zero energy system design in Norway and the effects on long term, whole system decarbonisation in an interconnected Europe. This project will be made possible by combining the applicant’s experience in social acceptance of renewable technologies, and the supervisors and host’s (University of Oslo) expertise in ESM. The methodological and interdisciplinary training-through-research and unique set of skills gained from SAMVIND will position the researcher at the forefront of socio-technical energy transitions modelling.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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0313 Oslo
Norway
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