Abstract
The successful realization of the climate goals agreed upon in the
European Union’s COP21 commitments makes a fundamental change of the
European energy system necessary. In particular, for a reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions over 80%, the use of renewable energies must
be increased not only in the electricity sector but also across all
energy sectors, such as heat and mobility. Furthermore, a progressive
integration of renewable energies increases the risk of congestions in
the transmission grid and makes network expansion necessary. An
efficient planning for future energy systems must comprise the coupling
of energy sectors as well as interdependencies of generation and
transmission grid infrastructure. However, in traditional energy system
planning, these aspects are considered as decoupled. Therefore, the
project PlaMES develops an approach for integrated planning of
multi-energy systems on a European scale. This paper aims at analyzing
the model requirements and describing the modeling approach.