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Area of research focus, Phase 2:
Security of supply and energy resources
Nordic Energy Perspectives (NEP) is to
indicate how we can increase the security of supplies of energy,
by making our Nordic energy-system infrastructures safe as
regards operation and delivery, and by helping to decrease the
dependence on imports in the Nordic countries and the EU/Europe.
Moreover, NEP is to clarify which roles our own energy resources
and our Nordic energy markets can play for supply security in a
Nordic and a European perspective.
The Nordic region as a diversified energy
region has large energy resources in the form of both
unexploited ones and possibilities for switch-over/reduction of
use. The potential is probably very well investigated, and
likewise for the costs. We can thus confront the role that
resource renewal plays for the security of supplies in national,
Nordic and EU terms.
These analyses of supply security are not
made separately in NEP. The analyses of import dependence are
integrated with the energy-system analyses, where we utilise
NEP’s models extensively and supplement them with necessary
qualita-tive analyses. The analyses of the energy system’s and
the infrastructure’s operational and supply safety are
integrated with the market analyses.
All kinds of energy, the Nordic region in
Europe, and what is driven by the supply security issue
The Nordic region has numerous resources that can contribute to
greater security of supplies in both this region and the EU,
such as wind and hydro power, biofuels, district heating and
natural gas (possibly with CCS). Moreover, increased energy
efficiency is an important part of supply security. What is
needed for best utilisation of these resources (e.g. in the form
of control instruments or Nordic coordination)?
Natural gas
What can the advent of natural gas, LNG, biogas etc. mean for
security of supply? How far can we get with the infrastructure
that we have, and what expansion can take place? What
significance do changes in the Nordic/European gas market have:
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Power problems on the gas side, issues of
dimensioning.
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Should the gas or the electricity be transported?
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Common rules for system operators, e.g. regarding emergency
supplies.
How can the natural gas resources best be
exploited, where security of supply is a very interesting
dimension?
Electrical power
We focus here on the power-capacity issue (making use of
experiences from the Swedish research programme Market Design).
Initially we produce a compilation of the situation in the
Nordic countries regarding peak power, system responsibility
etc. The transmission-network companies in the Nordic region
have hitherto been unable to find a model that solves the
capacity problem for the long run.
The user perspective
Security of supplies is not only a question of actual supply (degree
of self-sufficiency, reserve power, etc.). The question can also
be seen from a user perspective. An example is the consequences
of long-term interruptions of electricity. The user perspective
will be attended to in the investigation. Sweden’s energy
authority has done work in this area that can be utilised as an
inspiration. What can we do jointly in the Nordic region?
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