Exploring the role of offshore wind power in the Dutch energy system in 2040

The Dutch government has the ambition to be climate neutral by 2050. An important pillar to realizing this ambition is to place large numbers of wind turbines in the North Sea. The Dutch cabinet decided in 2022 to realize around 21 GW offshore wind capacity in 2030, but the offshore wind demand in the Netherlands after 2030 remains uncertain....

An exploratory study on the impact of physical and geospatial characteristics of the urban built environment on the buildings annual electricity usage

Applying any sustainable intervention in the urban energy system requires fundamental knowledge of the energy demand dynamics. Only when we can predict the users' energy demand at any given time with accuracy, we can redesign the urban energy system. Accordingly, the main objective of this paper is to determine the annual electricity usage of...

The potential of price-driven flexible electricity demand and its effect on the electricity price in the Netherlands

Renewable energy sources like wind and solar, are intermittent, which means demand will not always match supply causing volatile and sometimes even negative electricity prices. For power companies it will be valuable to invest in technologies that can respond to those prices, which will result in an increasing flexibility of demand. However, to...

Opportunities for peak shaving the energy demand of ship-to-shore quay cranes at container terminals

This paper presents the results of both a qualitative and a quantitative study on<br/>the possibilities for peak shaving the energy demand of ship-to-shore (STS) cranes at container terminals. The objective is to present an energy consumption model that visualizes the energy demand of STS cranes and to show the possibilities for reducing the...

Understanding spatio-temporal electricity demand at different urban scales: A data-driven approach

Cities and communities worldwide are seeking to become more sustainable by transitioning to renewable energy resources, and by introducing electric transportation and heating. The impact and suitability of such technologies for a given area heavily depend on local conditions, such as characteristics of local demand. In particular, the shape of a...

Opportunities for peak shaving electricity consumption at container terminals

The throughput of containers is growing yearly (World Shipping Council, 2011). At the same time the capacity of containerships has grown from several hundreds of containers in the 1960s towards today’s 19,000 TEU carriers. In order to achieve efficient operations of these large containerships, container carriers require high handling speeds and...