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Energy challenges in Catalonia from a policy perspective

David Villar & Marc Rotllan

Energy Planning Division

Catalan Institute of Energy (ICAEN) Barcelona, 22nd February 2017

Copernicus Symposium on Climate Services for the

Energy Sector

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1. 2020, 2030 and 2050 EU energy objectives

2. Winter package: Clean Energy for All Europeans

3. Clean energy transition in Catalonia

4. The impact of climate change to the Catalan energy system

ENERGY CHALLENGES IN CATALONIA FROM

A POLICY PERSPECTIVE

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2020, 2030 AND 2050 EU ENERGY OBJECTIVES

? RES

? EE

-80-95% GHG

20% RES

-20% EE

-20% GHG

2020

2017 2050

27% RES

-30% EE

-40% GHG

2030

What kind of transition?

20-20-20

targets

Winter

package

Low-carbon

economy

RES: Renewable energy sources

EE: Energy Efficiency

GHG: Greenhouse gas emissions

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Clean Energy for All Europeans

European Commission package

of measures

“New” 2030 goals:

• 27% for the share of renewable energy

consumed in the EU

• 30% energy efficiency target

• to cut CO2 emissions by at least 40%

EU 2030 targets were known, unlike the

definition of a new model based on

renewable energy integrating in order to

create a flexible, competitive, efficient and

participative market.

WINTER PACKAGE: CLEAN ENERGY FOR ALL

EUROPEANS

More info: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/news/commission-proposes-

new-rules-consumer-centred-clean-energy-transition

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GENERATION

TRANSPORT

DISTRIBUTION

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• Centralized and distributed

generation simultaneously

• Multidirectional electricity flow

• Active consumers

• New technologies:

DISTRIBUTED GENERATION

(small and near

end-consumers)

(self-consumption or

injected to the grid)

STORAGE ELECTRICITY

FACILITIES

(electric vehicle or other batteries)

CONSUMERS +

distributed

generation

NEW DISTRIBUTION ELECTRICITY MODEL


EUROPEANS

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EUROPEANS


Proposal for a Directive on

common rules for the internal

market in electricity

New actors and concepts:

- Active customers

- Local energy communities

- Aggregator

- Demand response

- Energy storage facilities

- Smart metering

- Vulnerable customers

- Energy poverty

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Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union:

- 5 dimensions of the Energy Union

• energy security,

• energy market,

• energy efficiency,

• decarbonisation and

• research, innovation and competitiveness

- Integrated national energy and climate plans: 2021-2030

- Long-term low emission strategies: every 10 years with a 50 years

perspective


EUROPEANS


Other proposed regulations and

Directives

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CLEAN ENERGY TRANSITION IN CATALONIA

Catalonia. General information

- Population: 7.5 million

- Area: 32.108 km² (6,3% of

the of Spain)

- GDP: 204,000 million €

(18,9% of Spain)

- Total primary energy

supply: 23.2 milion toe

- Fossil fuel dependence:

66,1%

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Catalonia. Energy data

Renewable energy sources

(2014): 8,7 %

Source: Institut Català d’Energia (ICAEN)

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We are in a comfort zone, but Catalonia as a EU Member State

is far from achieving the Europe Energy and Climate targets.


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Source: Institut Català d’Energia (ICAEN) Source: Institut Català d’Energia (ICAEN) with data from IPCC

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Pacte Nacional per a la Transició Energètica de Catalunya

National Agreement on energy transition in Catalonia

• January 31, 2017: the Government

adopted the Basis of the national

agreement on energy transition in

Catalonia

• First quarter of 2017: it will be

presented and discussed in the

Parliament.

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Transition towards…

an energy model in which

energy demand is fully

covered by renewable

energy sources?

an energy model neutral in

greenhouse gas

emissions?

CCS


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• 2020: 20-20-20 EU targets (Energy Plan and Climate Change in

Catalonia 2012-2020 –PECAC 2020-)

2030: Clean Energy for All Europeans

• 27% for the share of renewable energy consumed in the EU

and 50% for the share of renewable in the electricity sector

• 30% energy efficiency target

• to cut CO2 emissions by at least 40%

2050: 100% renewable energy sources (Catalonia Energy

Plan 2050 -PROENCAT 2050-)


Goals of the new Catalan energy system

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100% RES

20% RES

2020

2017 2050

8,7% RES

27% RES

2030

What kind of transition?

101 gCO2/kWh electricity mix

(among the lowest along the

main EU States)

Goals of the new Catalan energy system


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• Energy poverty

• Electrification

• Nuclear energy

• Distributed generation

• Energy legislation non-restrictive for RES

• Role of natural gas

• EV, self-consumption...

• Towards 100% NZEB

• Energy storage

• New energy infrastructure

• Consumer empowerment and society engagement

Main challenges of the Catalonia Energy Plan 2050

100% RES 2017 2050

8,7% RES


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THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE TO THE

CATALAN ENERGY SYSTEM

Climate modeling of the Catalonia Energy Plan 2050

2017 2050 More than 30 years

What about the impact of climate change on the

supply-side?

• Solar energy

• Wind energy

• Hydropower

What about the impact of climate change on the

demand-side?

• Buildings

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What about the impact of climate change on the supply-side?

global daily irradiation (annual average) -> 2050?


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average wind speed at 80 m height -> 2050?

Source: Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de Energía (IDAE) - MINETAD

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average annual precipitation -> 2031-2050: -6,8% (-10,7% spring)

Source: Third report on climate change in

Catalonia [Generalitat de Catalunya, 2016]

Source: Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya

Hydroelectricity: 13%

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What about the impact of climate change on the demand-side?

annual average temperature -> 2031-2050: +1,4ºC (+1,8ºC summer) Source: Third report on climate change in

Catalonia [Generalitat de Catalunya, 2016]

Heating 3.510 41,4%

Water heating 1.446 17,1%

Appliances 1.895 22,2%

Cooking 864

10,2%

Lighting 650

7,7%

Cooling 121

1,4%

Household energy consumption by end-use in Catalonia (kWh/a)


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What about the impact of climate change on the demand-side?

Existing building energy efficiency performance -> 2050?


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CONCLUSIONS

1. National Agreement on energy transition in Catalonia has been

approved. It stipulates a target of a 100% renewable energy system

by 2050.

2. Wind and solar energy will be essential in order to achieve this

target.

3. Climate simulations are essential to define the future energy

scenarios and their evolution.

4. Climate change effects contribute to uncertainty estimates.

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David Villar – [email protected]

Marc Rotllan – [email protected]

Energy Planning Division

Catalan Institute of Energy (ICAEN)

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