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Spatial and temporal disaggregation of Swiss gas demand
To mitigate climate change, the total gas demand, the share of each sector, and the sources of gas supply will change significantly in the future Swiss energy landscape. The projections provide annual values of the country-level gas demand in various sectors. This semester or bachelor’s project aims at disaggregating these values in spatial and temporal dimensions to be used in Swiss energy system optimizations.
Gas constitutes 15.4% of final energy consumption in Switzerland, and more than 98% of the gas is from fossil natural gas [1]. Depending on the end use, there is a certain potential for electrification. To achieve carbon-neutrality, the rest should be supplied from biomethane and synthetic methane or be compensated with carbon-negative technologies.
Therefore, projections of the future Swiss energy consumption show a significant change in the total gas demand, the share of each end use, and the sources of gas supply. Energy Perspectives 2050+ [2], which is a study funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, projects a reduction of 6% to 70% in the total gas demand in 2050. The greatest reductions in the baseline scenario are in residential and service sectors.
Energy Perspectives 2050+ [2] provides annual values of the country-level gas demand in various sectors. This project aims at disaggregating the values in spatial and temporal dimensions. The disaggregated values obtained in this project are used in other projects that investigate the investments and operations of the Swiss energy system.
The tasks of this project include:
• Estimating cantonal level gas demand ratio, e.g. using heat demand maps
• Estimating hourly demand ratio of each sector using temporal demand drivers such as temperature
• Possibly, breaking the gas demand in each sector to the comprising end uses, e.g., using the shares of space heating and process heat in total industrial energy demand to estimate the associated end-use gas demands.
• Writing a report and preparing a presentation of the research activities.
REFERENCES
[1] ‘Overall energy statistics’, Swiss Federal Office of Energy. Accessed: Sep. 02, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.bfe.admin.ch/bfe/en/home/versorgung/statistik-und-geodaten/energiestatistiken/gesamtenergiestatistik.html
[2] ‘Energy perspectives 2050+’, Swiss Federal Office of Energy. Accessed: Aug. 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.bfe.admin.ch/bfe/de/home/politik/energieperspektiven-2050-plus.html
Gas constitutes 15.4% of final energy consumption in Switzerland, and more than 98% of the gas is from fossil natural gas [1]. Depending on the end use, there is a certain potential for electrification. To achieve carbon-neutrality, the rest should be supplied from biomethane and synthetic methane or be compensated with carbon-negative technologies.
Therefore, projections of the future Swiss energy consumption show a significant change in the total gas demand, the share of each end use, and the sources of gas supply. Energy Perspectives 2050+ [2], which is a study funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy, projects a reduction of 6% to 70% in the total gas demand in 2050. The greatest reductions in the baseline scenario are in residential and service sectors.
Energy Perspectives 2050+ [2] provides annual values of the country-level gas demand in various sectors. This project aims at disaggregating the values in spatial and temporal dimensions. The disaggregated values obtained in this project are used in other projects that investigate the investments and operations of the Swiss energy system.
The tasks of this project include: • Estimating cantonal level gas demand ratio, e.g. using heat demand maps • Estimating hourly demand ratio of each sector using temporal demand drivers such as temperature • Possibly, breaking the gas demand in each sector to the comprising end uses, e.g., using the shares of space heating and process heat in total industrial energy demand to estimate the associated end-use gas demands. • Writing a report and preparing a presentation of the research activities.
REFERENCES
[1] ‘Overall energy statistics’, Swiss Federal Office of Energy. Accessed: Sep. 02, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.bfe.admin.ch/bfe/en/home/versorgung/statistik-und-geodaten/energiestatistiken/gesamtenergiestatistik.html
[2] ‘Energy perspectives 2050+’, Swiss Federal Office of Energy. Accessed: Aug. 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.bfe.admin.ch/bfe/de/home/politik/energieperspektiven-2050-plus.html
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Experience with GIS data handling is a plus. If you are interested in the project, please send an email to Behnam Akbari (bakbari@ethz.ch), enclosing your CV and BS (and MS) transcripts.
Experience with GIS data handling is a plus. If you are interested in the project, please send an email to Behnam Akbari (bakbari@ethz.ch), enclosing your CV and BS (and MS) transcripts.