Hendriks, Max (2020) Increasing the efficiency of renewable energy; drawing lessons from niches regarding Demand Side Management in countries across the world. Master thesis.
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Abstract
The Dutch government wishes to reduce the Greenhouse gas emissions in 2050 by 80 to 95% compared to the emissions in 1990, and to have an almost completely sustainable energy system, based on renewable energy. The problem is that in an electricity system based on renewable energy, renewable energy cannot always be used efficiently. When the supply of renewable energy cannot be balanced with the needed demand, the renewable energy suppliers, such as wind turbines, will be turned off, decreasing the efficiency of the electricity system. This inefficiency is what Demand Side Management (DSM) wants to decrease. DSM is a portfolio of measures which helps adjusting the demand to match the fluctuating supply of renewable energy. However, DSM is still in the experimental phase, where niches that are going on in DSM need to be upscaled in order to affect the regime level. The purpose of this study is to acquire lessons regarding the upscaling performance of niches in DSM. Therefore, the following main research question is formulated: “Which lessons can be drawn from niches regarding demand side management in countries across the world, for the implementation into the regime level in a Dutch context?”. A comparative case study is conducted to answer this research question, using a document analysis as the main research method. The cases that are selected, based on the availability of data are DSM in the countries of; The United Kingdom, India, Australia and China. The conclusion for this study is that the most valuable lesson for the implementation of Demand Side Management in the Netherlands, and the upscaling of niches in DSM into the regime level, is the need of a regulatory framework and active policy support from the government. This insight is valuable for policy makers and will contribute to increasing the efficiency of renewable energy in a sustainable energy system.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Environmental & Infrastructure Planning |
| Supervisor: | Van Kann, F.M.G. |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2020 08:41 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2020 08:41 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3330 |
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